The Russian-Italian Organ Duo plays “Nell’Azzurro“ by Grazia Salvatori

The Russian-Italian Organ Duo (Elena Kalashnikova and Luca Massaglia) plays “Nell’Azzurro“ by Italian composer Grazia Salvatori (b. 1941). The piece consists of an introduction and four variations on a folk tune about the Madonna dei Martiri di Molfetta. Molfetta, situated as a port town on the Adriatic Sea, has historically been a maritime community. In 1188, a boatload of Crusaders returning from the Holy Land found the Icon of the Madonna floating on the water. They brought it to the Hospice in Molfetta