Luciano Berio
El mar la mar
Short instrumentation: fl, cl(2), hp, chromatic acc, vc, cb
Duration: 12'
Text von: Rafael Alberti
Dedication: à Jacques et Marilu Mehler
Solos:
soprano
mezzo-soprano
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb))
chromatic accordion
harp
violoncello
contrabass
Berio - El mar la mar for soprano, mezzo-soprano and 7 instruments
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Luciano Berio
Berio: El mar la mar for soprano and mezzo soprano soloists and 7 playersOrchestration: for soprano and mezzo soprano soloists and 7 players
Type: Partitur
Language: Spanisch
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Work introduction
El mar al mar is an early setting of a poem by the Spaniard Rafael Alberti; Berio reworked it 17 years later for flute, two clarinets, chromatic accordion, harp, cello and contrabass. Although the piece consists of three verse-settings, two parts can be characteristically differentiated: a lyrical movement of beguiling beauty, in which the soloists’ sustained notes seem to anticipate Birtwistle’s vocal style, and a fast, frolicsome movement featuring a prominent part for the accordion.
Translation © 2012 by Grant Chorley