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Formazioni

Formazioni
Year of composition: 
1985 - 1987
Year composition ended: 
1987
Scored for: 
orchestra
Commissioned by: 
Concertgebouw Orkest
Duration: 
20'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 4 3 5 3 – 6 4 4 2 – 3 perc, 2 hp, cel, alto sax, t.sax, str (12 12 12 10 8)
Instrumentation details: group A1: 1st flute; 2nd flute; oboe; cor anglais; tenor saxophone in Bb; bassoon;
group A2: 1st flute; 2nd flute; oboe; alto saxophone in Eb; bassoon;
group B1: 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; bass tuba;
group B2: 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; bass tuba;
group C: clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; contrabassoon;
group D: violin I(12); violin II(12); viola(12); violoncello(10); contrabass(8);
group E: 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; 1st harp; 2nd harp; celesta

First performance: 
15/01/1987, Amsterdam. Concertgebouw Orkest, Riccardo Chailly
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
31516

Korót

Korót
Year of composition: 
1998
Year composition ended: 
1998
Scored for: 
8 violoncellos
Duration: 
8'
First performance: 
11/05/1998, Beauvais. Octuor de Violoncellos de Beauvais
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
31339

Kol od

Kol od
(Chemins VI)
Year of composition: 
1996
Year composition ended: 
1996
Scored for: 
trumpet and chamber orchestra
Duration: 
20'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 3 1 4 1 - 2 2 1 1 - cel, acc, sop.sax, alto sax, vln(4), vla(3), vc(3), cb(2)
Instrumentation details: piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; oboe; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; soprano saxophone in Bb; alto saxophone in Eb; bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; trombone; bass tuba; celesta; accordion; 1st violin; 2nd violin; 3rd violin; 4th violin; 1st viola; 2nd viola; 3rd viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; 3rd violoncello; 1st contrabass; 2nd contrabass

First performance: 
27/04/1996, Basel. Gabriele Cassone, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
30946
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Feuerklavier

Feuerklavier
Year of composition: 
1989
Year composition ended: 
1989
Scored for: 
piano
Duration: 
2'
Annotations: 

From Six Encores

First performance: 
1989, New York. Peter Serkin
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
33013

Duetti per due Violini

Duetti per due Violini
Year of composition: 
1979 - 1983
Year composition ended: 
1983
Scored for: 
2 violins
Duration: 
70'
Annotations: 

Béla (Bartók)
Shlomit (Almog)
Yossi (Pecker)
Rodion (Schedrin)
Maja (Pliseckaja)
Bruno (Maderna)
Camilla (Adami)
Peppino (Di Giugno)
Marcello (Panni)
Giorgio Frederico (Ghedini)
Valerio (Adami)
Daniela (Rabinovitch)
Jeanne (Panni)
Pierre (Boulez)
Tatjana (Globokar)
Rivi (Pecker)
Leonardo (Pinzauti)
Piero (Farulli)
Annie (Neuburger)
Edoardo (Sanguineti)
Fiamma (Nicolodi)
Vinko (Globokar)
Franco (Gulli)
Aldo (Bennici)
Carlo (Chiarappa)
Henri (Pousseur)
Alfredo (Fiorenzani)
Igor (Stravinsky)
Alfred (Schlee)
Massimo (Mila)
Mauricio (Kagel)
Maurice (Fleuret)
Lorin (Maazel)
Lele (d'Amico)

*Duetti for 2 violins (Béla, Shlomit, Rodion, Camilla, Daniela, Marcello, Valerio, Igor, Annie, Henri): selected easy duos published by Universal Edition (nr. 17581)

Duetti for 2 guitars (Igor, Béla, Henri, Annie, Aldo, Camilla). Arrangement for 2 guitars: Eugenia Kanthou (1987). Edited by Karl Scheit. Selected easy duos published by Universal Edition (nr. 16728).

First performance: 
1984, Los Angeles (of all 34 pieces)
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
17757
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English

Festum

Festum
Year of composition: 
1989
Year composition ended: 
1989
Scored for: 
orchestra
Commissioned by: 
Dallas Symphony Association for the opening of the Meyerson Symphony Center
Duration: 
2'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 – 6 5 3 1 – timp, 3 perc, e.org, alto sax, t.sax, str
Instrumentation details: 1st piccolo; 2nd piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; alto saxophone in Eb; tenor saxophone in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C (+picc.tpt in D); 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 4th trumpet in C; 5th trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; bass tuba; timpani; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; electric organ; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass

See also Quatre dédicaces

First performance: 
14/09/1989, Dallas. Dallas SO, E. Mata
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
33017

Fanfara

Fanfara
Year of composition: 
1982
Year composition ended: 
1982
Scored for: 
orchestra
Duration: 
2'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 – 4 4 3 1 – timp, 2 perc, cel, t.sax, vla, vc, cb
Instrumentation details: 1st piccolo; 2nd piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; tenor saxophone in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 4th trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; bass tuba; timpani; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; celesta; viola; violoncello; contrabass

See also Quatre dédicaces

First performance: 
05/10/1982, Venice. Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Roma
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
33016

Due pezzi

Due pezzi
Year of composition: 
1951
Year composition ended: 
1951
Year of revision: 
1966
Scored for: 
violin and piano
Duration: 
8'
First performance: 
1952, Tanglewood. Lorin Maazel, Seymour Lipkin
Publisher: 
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Edition number: 
5081
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English

Divertimento

Divertimento
in collaboration with Bruno Maderna
Year of composition: 
1957
Year composition ended: 
1957
Scored for: 
orchestra
Dedication: 

Mario Labroca

Duration: 
12'
Annotations: 

I. Dark rapture crawl (BM)
II. Scat rag (LB)
III. Rumba-Ramble (LB)

Instrumentation details (orchestra): 3 fl (3° anche ottavino), 2 ob, cor ang, cl picc in Eb, 2 cl in Bb, bass cl in Bb, 2 bsn, ctr.bsn, 5 sax, 2 hrn, 5 trp in C (la prima tromba anche tromba piccola in F), 3 trb, tuba, timp, percussion – 4 players (3 bongos (il 3°, più grave, può essere sostituito da un tom-tom piccolo), claves, 3 tom-tom (high-medium-low), 3 suspended cymbals (high-medium-low), 3 tam-tam (high-medium-low), 5 cencerros, triangolo, 2 tamb. militari (c.c. e s.c.), 3 temple blocks), e.guit, vibraphone, marimbaphone and xylophone (1 player), celeste and glockenspiel (1 player), hp, pno, vln (10-15), vla (8-12), vc (6-8), cb (4-6).

Details for saxophones:
in Dark Rapture Crawl: 1 sax soprano and 1alto sax
2 sax contralti 2 sax tenori
1 sax tenore 2 sax baritoni
1 sax baritono
in Scat rag: 2 alto sax, 2 ten. sax, 1 sax baritono
in Rhumba-Rumble: 2 cl in Bb, 2 sax tenori, 1 sax baritono

First performance: 
02/12/1957. Rome, Foro Italico. Dir: Bruno Maderna
Publisher: 
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Edition number: 
5453
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Fa - Si

Fa - Si
Year of composition: 
1975
Year composition ended: 
1975
Scored for: 
organ (with registration assistants)
Duration: 
6'
First performance: 
1975, Rovereto
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
16827