Riccardo Riccardi
Già la notte d'intorno (Opus 1)
Duration: 6'
Già la notte d'intorno (Opus 1)
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Riccardo Riccardi
Già la notte d'intorno (Opus 1)
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Orchestration: for female voice and seven instruments
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Written in 1973, Surrounded by the night is the first work in Riccardi's catalogue, his Opus 1. This piece for soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar and string quartet is based on a text by Filippo Candiani and was revised in 1990. It is a single slow movement that oscillates between Adagio con grazia and Un poco meno, concluding even more slowly. A woman awaits her beloved--or dwells on the memory of her beloved--and even holds her breath for fear of being heard. But in her sleep she speaks to him and dreams of dawn.