Music

Demoni e fantasmi notturni della città di Perla (1996)

Psicomusica su disegni di Alfred Kubin
partitura
Musical form: musical theatre - chamber opera

Instrumentation: flute/piccolo/bass flute, clarinet or sax/bassoon or bass clarinet, horn, cornet, piano, percussions (tub.bells, drums, bass drum, sleigh bells, tam tam (big and small), gong (big), cow bells, side drum, W-block, suspended cymbal, triangle, Glockenspiel, celesta, rainsticks of Cactaceae), violin, cello, double bass, record tape, soprano, rec. voice (male)
Duration: 75'
Year init.: 1996
Year final: 1997
Year rev.: 1999
Literary sources: Alfred Kubin, L'altra parte (The other Side); Joh. Wolfgang Goethe, Faust; Georg Trakl, Gedichte (poetry)
Iconographic sources: Alfred Kubin, mainly from "Dämonen und Nachtgesichte" (1925) and from other collections. - Selfportrait - Tod und Landstreicher (Death and vagabond) - Die Stadt gen Osten (The town to East) - Der Wanderer (The wayfarer) - Stadt Perla (City of Perle) - Halluzination (Hallucination) - Adoration (Adoration) -Pateras Kopf (Head of Patera) - Träume (Dreams) - Der Tod holt den Zeichner (The Death takes the designer) - Damokles - Der Mensch The man - Kronos - Die Mondsüchtige - Mondlicht - Gerhard Hauptmann Fasching (Carneval) - Jede Nacht besucht uns ein Traum (Every night a dream come to visit us) - Neue Träume (New dreams) - Die grosse Glocke (The big bell) - Das Hünengrab (The tomb of the giant) - Überschwemmung (Inundation) - Der Krieg (The war) - Der grosse Kopf (The big head) - Der Tritt (The step) - Der Untergang (The decline) - Wahnsinn (Madness) - Das Grab (Tomb) - Dämmerung (Dawn) with audio track (attachments: see also the single pieces)
Dedication: a Monika con affetto
Annotations: Italian, German and Croatian versions with slightly different instrumentation (Croatian version without Wahnsinn). Instruments of the single pieces: Introduzione - cornet soloist - rec. Voice. 1. Esorcismo del serpente marino bass flute, flute. 2. Der Wanderer for piano - rec. Voice. 3. Strassenlied for bassoon/sax, cello/(sax)/bass clarinet, piano/accordeon- rec. Voce. 4. Allucinazione for clarinet/sax, horn/bassoon, violin, cello, (contra bass), piano, tam tam with iron -voce rec. 5. La luna esce di scena for flute, violin/viola, contra bass, piano, percussion ( tam tam, triangle, suspended cymb.) - rec. Voice. 6. Trakl Lieder (8) for soprano and piano (Immer wieder, Stille wohnt, Wieder kehrt, Zitternd flattern, Im Korn sich ernste, Ein altes Wiegenlied, Der Knab, Formlose Spottgestalten). 7. Damokles for piano, sax/clarinet, bassoon, horn/sax F, tam tam with iron, violin, cello, contra bass- rec. Voice. 8. Der Mensch for clarinet/sax, horn/bassoon, (mil. Drum, W-block, suspended cymbal), piano, violin, cello, contra bass - rec. Voice. 9. Kronos for piano clarinet/sax, horn, bassoon, bass drum, tam tam, violin, cello, contra bass - rec. Voice. 10. Gretchenstube per soprano e pinao - rec.voice. 11. Carnevale for clarinet/sax, bassoon, piano, violin, cello, contra bass - rec. Voice. 12. Ogni notte ho fatto un sogno for clarinet/sax, sax/bassoon, mil. Drum, tam tam, suspended cymbal, piano, violin, cello, contra bass - rec. Voice. 13. Grande campana for piano/contra bass/tam tam, percuss./ev. bells - rec. Voice 14. Wahnsinn for clarinet, horn, piano, violin, cello - rec. Voice. 15. Das Grab (variations on Richard Strauss' Ophelia, op. 67,3) for clarinet/sax, horn/bassoon, piano, violin, cello, contra bass. 16. Dämmerung e Böser Traum for (flute), clarinet/sax, (bassoon), horn, piano, mil. Drums, tub. Bells, gong (big), bells, tam tam, rain violin, cello, contra bass, rainsticks of Cactaceae, celesta or Glockenspiel, Gong (big), cow bells.
Recordings: Demoni e fantasmi notturni della città di Perla, Audio Ars Studio Trieste, AAS 025
Premiere: Chromas Ensemble, Giampaolo Coral conductor, Luisa Sello flutes, Manuela Kriscak soprano, Giancarlo Cortesi actor, stage directors Carlo de Incontrera and Livio Schiozzi (design) - Mittelfest 1999 (18.7.1999)
SIAE: 991780737-00

Favola (1977)

Pantomima romantica after Erich Wolfgang Korngold,
partitura
Musical form: musical theatre

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trompets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 drum, percussion (organ, Glockenspiel, celesta, vibes, xylophone, tub. Bells, suspended cymbals, 2 tam tam, side drum, basque drum, whip, triangle, bass drum, snare drum, piano, harp, strings, T-block, W-block)
Duration: 65'
Year init.: 1977
Literary sources: after Albert Giraud, Pierrot Lunaire
Dedication: a Cristina, Francesca, Lorenzo
Premiere: Teatro G. Verdi Trieste (4.2.1982) RAI Trieste 17.2.1982, Orchestra and troop of ballet of the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Gert Meditz conductor, Flavio Bennati choreography, Dino Saponi scene-and costume design
SIAE: 3665 (Sezione lirica)

Il canto del cigno (Schwanengesang) (1979)

partitura

Instrumentation: flute/ piccolo, oboe, clarinet Bb, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet, harp, guitar, percussions (bass drum, side drum, basque drum, xylophone, vibes, triangle, tam tam small and big, suspended cymbal, 3 tom tom, Glockenspiel, celesta, 3 T-blocks), accordion, violins I and II, violas, cellos, double bass (5 strings), piano
Duration: 60'
Year init.: 1979
Year final: 1989
Literary sources: after Anton Pavlovich Cechov (A. P. Tschechov) (see attachment)
Annotations: Internationaler Carl Maria von Weber Preis - Wettbewerb für Kammeroper 1990, Dresdener Musikfestspiele
Publisher: Rugginenti Editore Milano 2003
Edition number: RE 50847
Premiere: 27.11.2003, Sala Tripcovich Trieste, Orchestra G. Verdi Trieste, troup of ballet of Teatro Verdi, Adriano Marinolli conductor, Giuliano Pelizon baryton Vassil Vassilic Svietlovidov, Davide Cicchetti tenor Nikita Ivanyc, Alessandra Scaramuzza stage director, Benedetta Ponzoni scene-and costume-design
SIAE: 8508 (Sezione lirica)

La canción desesperadaa (1970)

partitura

Instrumentation: piano, flute, clarinet, violin, organ, tamtam, W-block,T-block, side drum, basque drum, triangle, suspended cymbals, celesta, Glockenspiel, xylophone, vibes, tub.bells, rec. (fem.voice), 2 soprano, fem. Choir
Duration: 27'
Year init.: 1970
Year final: 1972
Literary sources: texts: Pablo Neruda, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Helmut Heissenbüttel, Christine Levànt, Ennio Emili
Annotations: the first group of percussions with one performer, the second with 2 performers
Premiere: RAI Rete III Nazionale 26.11. 1973, Gruppo strumentale, Giampaolo Coral conductor, Stelia Doz, Eugenia Lozzi soprani, stage director Giorgio Pressburger
SIAE: 731006162-00

La morte di Danton (1972)

partitura

Instrumentation: piano and 17 voices: Georges Danton deputato baryton. Camille Desmoulins deputato tenor. Herault Sechelles deputato tenor. Philippeau deputato bass. Lacroix deputato tenor. Robespierre membro del Comitato di Salute Pubblica baryton. Saint-Juste membro del Comitato di Salute Pubblica bass. Hermann presidente del tribunale rivoluzionario tenor. Simon un uomo del popolo bass. La moglie di Simon contralto. Giulia, moglie di Danton soprano. Marion sartina soprano. Rosalia sartina soprano. Una donna soprano. Primo cittadino tenor. Secondo cittadino tenor. Terzo cittadino baryton. Uomini e donne del popolo, Deputati, 2 boia.
Year init.: 1972
Year final: 1974
Literary sources: after Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod
Premiere: only "Aria di Giulia" for soprano, flute, guitar, harp. Stelia Doz soprano, Giorgio Blasco flute, Ennio Guerrato guitar, Patrizia Tassini harp. Trieste Prima 10.6.1987.

La morte di Lucrezio (1979)

Vaniloquio di uno schizofrenico
partitura
Musical form: musical theatre - chamber opera

Instrumentation: flute, clarinet Bb, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, percussions (drums, snare drum, 3 tom tom, side drum, big tamtam, suspended cymbal - big and small, 3 T-block, rolling drum, basque drum, triangle, 2 bongos), violin I and II, viola, cello, double bass, recording tape, rec. Voice, tenor, soprano
Duration: 30'
Year init.: 1979
Literary sources: Ennio Emili, adaptation of Plutarch's Lucrez, Lucrez (De rerum natura, vv. 1145-1157, 1160-) and H. von Kleist (see attachment)
Iconographic sources: 1982 skeches for scenery by Antonio Sofianopulo
Dedication: Giuseppe Botta
Notes: in the middle Raps for 12 performers - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussione (snare drum, 3 tom tom, mil. Drum, big and small suspended cymbal, big tamtam, 3 T-blocks, rolling drum, triangel, basque drum, 2 bongos), violin I and II, viola, cello
Premiere: RAI Trieste, 17.07. 1981 , Lucrezio - Giuseppe Botta tenor, Venere - Alessandra Loy soprano, Fiammetta Giuliani organ and percussion, Giorgio Blasco flute, Adriano Martinolli contra bass; Piero Padovan, Giampiero Biason, Giorgio Pressburger rec. voices; Giorgio Pressburger stage director
SIAE: 792012246-00

Le Beatitudini (1974)

Collage da cantare, mimare, suonare e recitare (Collage for voices, mimes, instruments and recitation)
partitura
Musical form: musical theatre - chamber opera

Instrumentation: 2 flutes (1 ottav.), 2 clarinets (1 bass cl.), 2 violins, cello, percussion (organ, Glockenspiel, celesta, vibes, tub. bells, suspended cymbals, 2 tam tam, rattle, side drum, bass drum, piano, basque drum, T-block, W-block) 3 soprano, recording tape
Duration: 50'
Year init.: 1974
Literary sources: Ennio Emili, Le Beatitudini (see attachment)
Dedication: "a mia madre"
Premiere: RAI Trieste 30.6.1975, Complesso strumentale Trieste, Giampaolo Coral conductor, Stelia Doz, Rita Susowski, Eugenia Lozzi soprani, Giorgio Pressburger stage director
SIAE: 792012236-00

Mr. Hyde? (1980)

partitura

Instrumentation: 2 barytons, 2 tenors, 2 bass, 1 soprano, 2 actors, four solist voices in the orchestra, mixt choir, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, harp, piano, harpsicord, strings, percussions (celesta, vibes, xylophone, tub. Bells, 1 suspended cymbals, tam tam, side drum, triangel, 1 bass drum, 3 tom tom); on the stage: accordeon, guitar, small piano, 2 violins out of tune, 1 clarinet, 1 suspended cymbal, 1 bass drum
Duration: 70'
Year init.: 1980
Year final: 1986
Literary sources: after Robert Louis Stevenson, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (adaptation of the text by Attilio Cucari)
Omage: centenary of the death of Alban Berg
Recordings: CD Chromas 2008
Premiere: 2. 12. 2008, Sala Tripcovich, Trieste. Orchestra G. Verdi Trieste, Paolo Longo conductor. Lorenzo Fratini conductor of choir. Giuliano Pelizon baryton Dr. Jekyll. Gianluca Bocchino tenor Mr. Hyde. Nicolò Ceriani baryton John Utterson. Velenich Dax tenor Richard Enfield. Locatelli Damiano baryton Dott. Laynon. Lefay Elise soprano Molly. Cancelli Giulio rec. Voice Sir David Carew - Pool. Giulio Ciabatti stage director. Serse Roma scene-painter. Barichello Chiara costume designer.
SIAE: 027110071-00