Luciano Berio
Luftklavier
aus "6 Encores" (1985)
for piano
Duration: 2'
Instrumentation details:
piano
Berio - Luftklavier for piano
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Work introduction
This piece sounds like an
excerpt from a larger work – and in fact Berio originally intended it as a
sketch for Concerto II for piano and
two ensembles, which he took up three years later. Luftklavier demands great
pianistic virtuosity; two layers of differing character must be controlled
simultaneously. This is polyphonic music of great complexity, with an
interwoven melody of sonic garlands.