Ten years ago I wrote this short piece as a little homage to a great man, musician and friend, Franco Donatoni. Today, almost 10 years later, I’m thinking about Franco again in the 20th anniversary of his passing. The piece was written for the mdi ensemble which performed at the Venice Biennale in September 2010 in a program dedicated to Franco who passed away twenty...
A great recording of Franco Donatoni‘s orchestral works conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama, including his very last and beautiful composition, Esa (In Cauda V) Franco Donatoni Orchestral Works read more » [01] In Cauda II (1993/1994) 18:18 [02] In Cauda III (1996) 13:27 [03] Esa (In Cauda V) (2000) 10:33 [04] Prom (1999) 12:33 [05] Duo pour Bruno (1974/1975) 19:25 total time: 74:22 Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Yoichi Sugiyama conductor LIVE RECORDINGS Suntory Foundation for Arts’ Summer Festival...
PLASTIC ACID ORCHESTRA A dazzling full-sized symphony orchestra of some of Vancouver’s most sought-after musicians paired with some of the most innovative and energizing composers! Come out to see the full-sized Plastic Acid Orchestra perform music by Plastic Acid, Giorgio Magnanensi, The Living, Martin Reisle, Elliot Vaughan. ALL AGES July 11, 2014 | Doors 7:30pm | Concert 8:30pm...
a new ghost (and final) panel (here Walter Zanetti on el.guit.) for an unwritten movement of a piece for orchestra and 2 guitars – and possibly Veda too 🙂 – I’ve been working at for some time. The piece is a long journey in orchestral and guitar sounds and possibly more. A piece to be performed in a large space surrounded by people moving or not, with large projections on whatever surrounding...
re-listening again to one of Donatoni’s most beautiful orchestral work, Duo Pour Bruno. A wonderful visionary work to mourn the losss and celebrate the wonderful music making of another great Italian composer, Bruno Maderna who – with Franco Donatoni – is waiting to be fully recognised in his genius. “Radicalizing: listening is attention, not apprehension; to listen is evidence of what happens as...
Music for Orchestra is a beautiful piece by Jay Schwartz which I recently heard on a Wergo CD that came with the June 2010 issue of The Wire magazine (#316). All the compositions in this CD are very interesting and show diverse and very original compositional paths. Music for Orchestra though is my favourite piece, and If you find recordings of Jay’s work I encourage you...
pannello #2 a new orchestral piece I’m working right now. It’s actually a concerto for 2 guitars and chamber orchestra for Walter Zanetti and Steve Wright, two great gutarists, friends and musicians I love very much. In this piece there is also a lot of Chris Rolfe’s spatial and granular spirit and inspiration 😉 don’t listen with headphones and use a sub in the mix. mp3 ...
my very first orchestral piece, written in 1986, winner of the Zagreb Biennale, Composer Competition. Zagreb Biennale, April 1987 • Croatian Radio-Television Orchestra, Jean Perisson conductor Unfortunately, as finding orchestras committed to new works has become more and more difficult, after this piece (which btw I was lucky enough to have performed at that time) I wrote only a few large orchestral works. A...