Do You See What I Hear? (CD), in collaboration with composer James Wright Glasgow, 2024.
After award-winning runs in the Nordic Fringe Circuit, "Do You See What I Hear?" is now fully recorded. A dramatic conversation between music and spoken word, hailed as "Incredibly modern and inventive" by Edinburgh Guide (Edinburgh Fringe 2018) and “The reason festivals like ours exist” by the Atlanta Fringe Board (2022). Internationally acclaimed composer James Wright Glasgow performs the music he has composed for the new poems of Mario Moroni (winner of the Lorenzo Montano Poetry Prize) as Moroni recites his works. “Do You See What I Hear?” has been performed at festivals in Brazil, Italy, London, Scotland, Iceland, Sweden, and in major cities across the United States. The poetry is atmospheric and immersive, and the music is haunting and beautiful. The music is performed on an electric cello with an adjoined pocket-sized drum synthesizer and ranges from a modern take on orchestral impressionism to experimental usage of a looping pedal, graphical notation, and recursive algorithms, creating a dynamic back and forth with Moroni's words.Recitativi (CD), in collaboration with composer James Wright Glasgow, 2017.
Recitativi is constituted by composer James Glasgow's complex musical structure, based on live music for piano, cello, and pre-recorded orchestra parts,and Moroni's own reciting voice. The outcome of this collaboration is a poetry recital characterized by an unsettling atmosphere and intense lyrical, emotional, moments.
Reciting the Ashes (CD and DVD), in collaboration with composer David Gaita, 2016.
In this audio visual work for piano, soprano voice, and reciting voice, David Gaita composed a piece inspired by Moroni's poem on the events of September 11th, 2001 in New York.
Reflections on Icarus' Land (DVD), in collaboration with composer Jon Hallstrom, 2006.
This DVD documents Moroni's search for expansion and enrichment of his creative horizon. Composer Jon Hallstrom provided vital collaboration by creating a synergistic work, where his electronic music and images were created to interact with Moroni's recitation of his own poems.
