Luciano Berio
Air
Short instrumentation: 2 1 2 2 - 3 0 0 0 - perc(3), pno(2), e.org, alto sax, t.sax, str(without vln)
Duration: 7'
Text von: Alessandro Striggio
Dedication: to Cristina with love
Solos:
soprano
Instrumentation details:
2 fl, ob, 2 cl(Bb), alto sax(Eb), tenor sax(Bb), bs, cbsn - 3 hr - perc(3) (also vib, mar, tam-tam), e-org, 2 pno, str. without violins
Berio - Air for soprano and orchestra
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Luciano Berio
Berio: Air for soprano and orchestraOrchestration: for soprano and orchestra
Type: Partitur
Language: Englisch (Großbritannien)
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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 discourse. Now and then the three discourses converge, revealing their common character.
Air, dedicated to my daughter Cristina, may also be listened to simply as a love song.
Now as the tunes change
Now gay now sad behold the trav’ller
From whom only a short time ago
Sighs were food and tears were drink
Rose of the sky life of the world
When did you see a more joyful lover.
Do you remember…
Luciano Berio