Luciano Berio
Chemins IV
Short instrumentation: vln(3), vla(3), vc(3), cb(2)
Duration: 10'
Dedication: to Nicholas Snowman
Solos:
soprano saxophone in Bb
Instrumentation details:
1st violin
2nd violin
3rd violin
1st viola
2nd viola
3rd viola
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
1st contrabass
2nd contrabass
Berio - Chemins IV for soprano saxophone and 11 strings
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Luciano Berio
Chemins IVOrchestration: for soprano saxophone and 11 strings
Type: Solostimme(n)
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Chemins IV 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