Gabriel Malancioiu
Filaversarium
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 1, perc(2), str
Duration: 7'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
1st percussion
2nd percussion
violin I (14 players)
violin II (12 players)
viola (10 players)
violoncello (8 players)
double bass (4 players)
Filaversarium
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Gabriel Malancioiu
Filaversarium
Available digitally
Orchestration: for orchestra
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Filaversarium was dedicated to the Banatul Philharmonic on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of founding of the symphonic orchestra. The work combines moments in which diatonia is brought to light, with others in which the chromatic clusters dominate the musical discourse. The dark chromatic aggregates were used to create contrast and enhance the bright diatonic structures.
The meeting of opposing forces gives rise to tension, which determines the direction of the musical discourse towards the culmination at the end of the work. The polar pairs are followed on several levels: the expository character of some sections will have the polar correspondent provided by musical sections in which the rhythmic activity becomes important, a sonic discourse dominated by the homogeneous group of strings will have corresponding sections where the woodwinds will predominate. Also, the collision of opposite energies is manifested if we look at the polar pairs at the level of dynamics, sonic textures, densities.
The first audition of the work took place in the Capitol Hall of the Timisoara Philharmonic on January 10, 2020, Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra being conducted by Bogdan Voda.
What is necessary to perform this work?
Percussion list
Percussion 1 (Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Claves, Whip, Wood Block, Glockenspiel)
Percussion 2 (Snare Drum, Guiro, Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals, Triangle, Wind Chimes)