Naturale
(su melodie siciliane)
YEAR OF COMPOSITION:
1985
LANGUAGE:
Italian (Sicilian)
SCORED FOR:
viola, percussion and recorded voice
DEDICATION:
Aldo Bennici and Ater Balletto
RUNNING TIME:
20'
ANNOTATIONS:
Percussion details: marimba, tam-tam, rototoms.
The author’s note (see below) originally had the following subtitle:
«Azione musicale su melodie siciliane (1985-86) | per viola, marimba, tam-tam e nastro magentico».
Naturale is registered as a stage piece. Berio revised it in the years following the first performances (1985-86), he added rototoms to the percussion and changed the indication “magnetic tape” to “registered voice”.
FIRST PERFORMANCE:
1985, Taormina. Aldo Bennici, vla; Ater Balletto
PUBLISHER:
Universal Edition
EDITION NUMBER:
32634
AUTHOR'S NOTE: