{"id":15876,"date":"2026-05-22T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/?post_type=documento&#038;p=15876"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:50:53","slug":"il-canto-di-una-vita-sound-essay-per-luciano-berio","status":"publish","type":"documento","link":"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/en\/document\/il-canto-di-una-vita-sound-essay-per-luciano-berio\/","title":{"rendered":"Il canto di una vita. Sound essay for Luciano Berio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/penta-2-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/penta-2-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/penta-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/penta-2-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/penta-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250604-Il-canto-di-una-vita.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A project by ITER Research Ensemble in collaboration with the Centro Studi Luciano Berio (2023-2025), conceived on the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/festival-luciano-berio-radicondoli-2023-dialoghi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Festival Luciano Berio, Radicondoli 2023: <em>Dialoghi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text by Giovanni Cestino, with quotations from works, writings, and interviews by Luciano Berio<br>Music by Alberto Favara, Giorgio Federico Ghedini, and Luciano Berio<br>Choral connections by Gioele Onida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oreste Bossini <em>narrator<\/em><br>with sections voiced by Emanuele Cristini and Giovanni Cestino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alessio Giuricin <em>tenor soloist<\/em><br>Paolo Ghiglione <em>piano<\/em><br>ITER Research Ensemble<br>Giovanni Cestino <em>conductor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanuele Cristini <em>sound engineer, editing, and mastering<\/em><em><br><\/em>Alessandro Fadalti <em>recording assistant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded on March 22\u201323, 2025 in Cremona at La Camerata di Cremona, and on May 14, 2025 in Milan at musicadinsieme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledgements: Angela Ida De Benedictis, Nicola Scaldaferri, Giulia Maria Taccagni, Federico Orsi, Marco Fracassi and the collaborators of La Camerata di Cremona, Alessandra Paciotti, Riccardo Pintus. We thank the LEAV \u2013 AudioVisual Ethnography Lab of the University of Milan for technical support. For the use of unpublished archival materials, we also thank the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel and the Berio Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title of this sound essay originates from a conversation with (and an intuition by) Giulia Maria Taccagni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the picture: Luciano Berio,<em> E si fussi pisci<\/em>, arrangement for solo viola written for Aldo Bennici, 1981, manuscript, Paul Sacher Stiftung, Allgemeine Sammlung, Fonds Aldo Bennici (courtesy); also reproduced on the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/documento\/omaggio-a-luciano-berio-documenti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centro Studi Luciano Berio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listening Guide<br><br><\/strong>[0:00] \u201cSe io fossi pesce [\u2026]\u201d<br>Italian translation of the poetic text of \u201cA la vital\u00f2ra,\u201d from <em>Canti della terra e del mare di Sicilia<\/em> by Alberto Favara, vol. I (Milan: Ricordi, 1921), 14.<br><br>[1:08] \u201cuna dimensione primaria delle cose\u201d<br>From an interview with Luciano Berio by Roberto Leydi, 1978, Paul Sacher Stiftung, Luciano Berio Collection (courtesy).<br><br>[1:36]<br><em>A la vital\u00f2ra<br>Modo di Vita (Prov. di Trapani)<br><\/em>Transcription and harmonization for voice and piano by Alberto Favara (1863\u20131923), in <em>Canti della terra e del mare di Sicilia<\/em>, vol. I (Milano: Ricordi, 1921), 15\u201316.<br><br>[2:58] \u201cmusicista artigiano [\u2026] sempre dentro la musica, nel bene e nel male\u201d<br>Luciano Berio, \u201c[Giorgio Federico Ghedini]\u201d (1993), in <em>Scritti sulla musica<\/em>, by Luciano Berio, ed. by Angela Ida De Benedictis (Turin: Einaudi, 2013), 344\u201346: 345.<br><br>[3:25]<br><em>Si fussi pisci\u2026<br><\/em>Transcription for treble voices and piano or harmonium by Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892\u20131965), in <em>Canzoniere paraviano per le scuole elementari<\/em>, by Giuseppe Ippolito Rostagno and Andrea Della Corte, with very easy accompaniments for piano or harmonium by G. F. Ghedini, fasc. 4, <em>Tra scuola e casa<\/em> (Turin: G. B. Paravia, 1924), 35.<br><br>[5:25]<br>From an interview with Luciano Berio by Roberto Leydi, 1978, Paul Sacher Stiftung, Luciano Berio Collection (courtesy).<br><br>[6:22]<br>Luciano Berio (1925\u20132003)<br><em>Due canti siciliani<br><\/em>for solo tenor and male choir, 1948, unpublished manuscript held at the Paul Sacher Stiftung, Luciano Berio Collection (courtesy of all rights holders).<br><br>[9:42] \u201csenso di profondo disagio [\u2026]\u201d<br>Luciano Berio, \u201cFolk Songs (author\u2019s note)\u201d, 1964, from the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucianoberio.org\/documento\/omaggio-a-luciano-berio-documenti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centro Studi Luciano Berio<\/a> (last accessed: June 2, 2025).<br><br>[10:15]<br>Luciano Berio (1925\u20132003)<br><em>E si fussi pisci<br><\/em>for mezzo-soprano and seven performers, intended for an early version of <em>Folk Songs<\/em>, ca. 1963, manuscript held at the Paul Sacher Stiftung, Luciano Berio Collection (courtesy of all rights holders). Recording made in 1998 by an ensemble of students from the DAMS program at the University of Bologna, prepared and conducted by Nicola Scaldaferri (courtesy).<br><br>[12:12]<br>Luciano Berio (1925\u20132003)<br><em>Cries of London<\/em>, III, mm. 4-8<br>for eight voices (1974\u20131976)<br>(Vienna: Universal Edition, \u00a9 1973, UE16828)<br><br>[13:44] \u201cSignori, signore [\u2026]\u201d<br>Luciano Berio, sketch for the libretto of <em>Recital I (for Cathy)<\/em>, ca. 1971, Paul Sacher Stiftung, Cathy Berberian Collection (courtesy).<br><br>[14:17]<br>Luciano Berio in \u201cNon tanto per cantare\u201d, sixth episode of the series <em>C\u2019\u00e8 musica &amp; musica<\/em> (RAI, 1972); excerpt taken from the box set edited by Angela Ida De Benedictis (Milan: Feltrinelli, 2013), DVD2 (courtesy of all rights holders).<br>[16:45] \u201cun\u2019opera significativa [\u2026]\u201d<br>Luciano Berio, \u201cInvito\u201d (2003), in <em>Scritti sulla musica<\/em>, by Luciano Berio, ed. by Angela Ida De Benedictis (Turin: Einaudi, 2013), 482\u201398: 489.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[17:12]<br>Luciano Berio (1925-2003)<br><em>E si fussi pisci<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Sicilian Love Song<\/em><em><br><\/em>for mixed choir (2002)<br>(Vienna: Universal Edition, \u00a9 2002, UE32803)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-15876","documento","type-documento","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Il canto di una vita. 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