Luciano Berio
24.10.1925—27.05.2003

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Luciano Berio
Récit | (Chemins VII) | for alto saxophone, ensemble of 12 saxophones and percussion

Work Details
Year of composition: 1996/2003
Year of arrangement: 2003
Subtitle: (Chemins VII)
Scored for: for alto saxophone, ensemble of 12 saxophones and percussion
Composer: Luciano Berio
Arranger: Vincent David; Claude Delangle
Soloinstruments/Soloists: alto saxophone in Eb
Instrumentation: perc, sop.sax(3), alto sax(3), t.sax(3), bar.sax(2), bass sax (or bar.sax))
Instrumentation details: 1st soprano saxophone in Bb; 2nd soprano saxophone in Bb; 3rd soprano saxophone in Bb; 1st alto saxophone in Eb; 2nd alto saxophone in Eb; 3rd alto saxophone in Eb; 1st tenor saxophone in Bb; 2nd tenor saxophone in Bb; 3rd tenor saxophone in Bb; 1st baritone saxophone in Eb; 2nd baritone saxophone in Eb; bass saxophone in Bb (or 3rd bar.sax(Eb)); percussion
Duration (min): 15
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Work Introduction

Récit is based on Sequenza IX (1980), also for alto saxophone. Berio chose the title “Récit” to underline the music’s narrative character, selecting the word, as he said, under the influence of French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005). Berio noted in an interview that the orchestra [...]

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