Universal Edition - Luciano Berio – Sequenza X | for trumpet in C (amplified by piano resonances)

Luciano Berio
24.10.1925—27.05.2003

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Luciano Berio
Sequenza X | for trumpet in C (amplified by piano resonances)

Work Details
Year of composition: 1984
Scored for: for trumpet in C (amplified by piano resonances)
Composer: Luciano Berio
Commissioned by: Commissioned by Angeles Philharmonic Association
Duration (min): 14
Dedication: written for Thomas Stevens and dedicated
to Ernst Fleischmann
Licensing: Licensing Request
World Première
Location: Los Angeles / USA
Date: 1984
Main Soloists: Thomas Stevens
Work Introduction

Sequenza X presents the trumpet the way it is – no strange effects, no demands for playing techniques which would transform its character. Berio’s stroke of inspiration was to use a piano, invisibly amplified and with the loudspeaker hidden under the piano. The lid is fully open; the [...]

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