Calmo
(in memoriam Bruno Maderna)
YEAR OF COMPOSITION:
1974
YEAR OF REVISION:
1989
LANGUAGE:
Italian
TEXT SOURCES:
Homer, Edoardo Sanguineti, Saadi, Cantico dei Cantici, Lirici greci (anonymous)
SCORED FOR:
mezzo-soprano and 22 instruments
RUNNING TIME:
20'
ANNOTATIONS:
Instrumentation: 2 0 4 1 – 1 2 1 0 – perc, hp, alto sax, 3 vla, 3 vc, 2 cb
Instrumentation details: piccolo (+fl); alto flute; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; alto saxophone in Eb; bassoon; horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; trombone; percussion; harp; viola(3); violoncello(3); contrabass(2)
FIRST PERFORMANCE:
25/03/1974, Milano. Slavka Taskova Paoletti (MS), dir. Luciano Berio. Revised version: 16/10/1990, Paris. Slavka Taskova Paoletti (MS), Ensemble Intercontemporain, dir. Pierre Boulez
PUBLISHER:
Universal Edition
EDITION NUMBER:
19478
AUTHOR'S NOTE: