Luciano Berio
24.10.1925—27.05.2003

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Luciano Berio
Air | from "Opera" | for soprano and 4 instruments

Work Details
Year of composition: 1969/1970
Subtitle: from "Opera"
Scored for: for soprano and 4 instruments
Composer: Luciano Berio
Text Author: Alessandro Striggio
Original Language: Englisch
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano
Instrumentation: pno, vln(1), vla(1), vc(1)
Duration (min): 7
Dedication: pour Anni

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Work Introduction

Air, for voice, violin, viola, cello and piano, was written in 1970 for I Solisti di Torino. The text is an English translation of a few fragments from Act I of Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Voice, string trio and piano are treated as separate entities, each developing independently its own [...]

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