Luciano Berio
Chemins IV
Short instrumentation: vln(3), vla(3), vc(3), cb(2)
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation details:
3 vln, 3 vla, 3 vc, 2 cb
Berio - Chemins IV for oboe and 11 strings
Printed/Digital
Translation, reprints and more
Luciano Berio
Berio: Chemins IVOrchestration: for soprano saxophone and 11 strings
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Sample pages
Audio preview
Work introduction
Chemins IV, for oboe and eleven strings, can be listened to as a commentary to my Sequenza VII for oboe (1969), a commentary that amplifies and develops certain harmonic aspects of the original Sequenza. The Sequenza becomes in fact the generator of new instrumental lines, which in turn make explicit its latent polyphony around a pivot - an ever-present B - that puts into perspective all the subsequent harmonic transformations. Like a reverberating chamber, the development of Chemins IV mirrors and shatters the elements of Sequenza VII, sometimes receiving their anticipated echo in such a way that for the listener the oboe part seems generated by the eleven strings.
Luciano Berio