Sequenza iii could be all of these or something else entirely. The violin sequenza as well, when berio gets away from his wonderful pointillistic lyricism as in the flute and trombone sequenzas well the results are fairly onedimensional for strings, the viola sequenza as well,,lots of gratuitous tremoli,and the violoncello sequenza is a late one redone please note for contrabass by s. Berio sequenza viii annotated score annotated score page 1 section 1 p. It is the first of thirteen pieces for solo performer in the sequenza series. Sequenza xiv, for cello play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Per luciano berio le sequenze museo del novecento, sala.
Theories of chordal shape, aspects of linguistics, and their roles in structuring berios sequenza iv for piano aspects of post serial stucturalism in berios sequenza iv and vi luciano berio, sequenza iv 1965. Luciano berios sequenza i for flute 1958 is an example of a partially indeterminate musical form. Le sequenze museo del novecento, sala fontana domenica 20 gennaio, ore 11 domenica 10 febbraio, ore 11 domenica 3 marzo, ore 11 sequenza i per fl auto 1958 lorenzo missaglia sequenza ii per arpa 1963 elena gorna sequenza iii per voce 196566 alda caiello sequenza viii per violino 197677 lorenzo gorli sequenza xii per fagotto 1995 diego chenna. Sequenza v is a composition for solo trombone by luciano berio, part of his series of pieces with this title.
Writing about my method of preparation will work to allay some of my own and. Luciano beriosequenza 1 per flauto solosheetmusictradecom. Berio sequenza xiv for violoncello universal edition. The sequenza vii begins in piano, gradually accumulating a musical tension that leads to a climax to end piano again. Some of the 29 sounds not appear until near the end of the piece. After a few years, berio decided to extend this concept to other instruments which in the 1960s resulted in sequenza ii for harp 1963, sequenza iii for female voice 196566 sequenza iv for piano 196566.
Existing analyses of sequenza viis form rely on the aggregatecompleting pitch of a fixedregister pitch series to outline the climactic area of the piece and to help define the. Berio, sequenza xiv violoncello 2002 cello solo alfredo mola live recording 30 ottobre 20 cinik international recording studiosrome. Ixa for clarinet given a really luscious performance here by joaquin valdepenas and ixb for alto saxophone. The others in the series are written for harp, mezzosoprano, piano, trombone, viola, oboe, violin, clarinet, trumpet, bassoon, alto saxophone, and accordion. Da questa affermazione partirei per lanalisi del testo di sequenza viii tentando di dimostrare che anche in questo pezzo per violino solo il solista tende a guardarsi allo specchio, ad uno specchio deformante. Paula citron interviews cellist david hetherington and accordionist joseph petric, artistic directors for the berio sequenza project, a series of 15 solos luciano berio wrote for individual instruments and voice.
Between 1958 and 2002, luciano berio wrote fourteen pieces entitled sequenza, along with several versions of the same work for different instruments, revisions of the original pieces and also the parallel chemins series, where one of the sequenzas is used as the basis for a new composition on a larger scale. Sequenza iii was written in the mid 1960s and is widely available for study and performance, but how can this work be defined. To view the first page of berio luciano sequenza n8 for violin solo click the music sheet image. Luciano berios sequenza v analyzed along the lines of. Sequenza iv centro studi luciano berio luciano berios. Di luciano berio sequenza i per flauto 1958 sequenza ii per arpa 1963 sequenza iii per voce femminile 1965 sequenza iv per pianoforte 1965. Written in 1966 for stuart dempster, it has since been performed and recorded by vinko globokar, benny sluchin, christian lindberg, and others. It will also mark the passage from one section or subsection to another. The sequenza series is regarded as one of the most important cycles of the 20th century. Instrumentation flute, guitar, mandolin, marimba, violin and violoncello. Both sequenza ii for harp 1963 and sequenza vi for viola 1967 invest their instruments with an unwonted ferocity. Luciano berio sequenza xiv, for cello classical archives. And then explore the sequenzas for solo instruments that berio started writing in the mid1950s, which run through the rest of his life in music, from the sequenza i for severino gazzellonis. Is it a series of sounds, or phonemes, or the anxious mutterings of a woman.
To download pdf, click the download pdf button below the appropriate sheet music image. Sequenza xiv nota dellautore centro studi luciano berio. In this series berio discovers the capabilities of an instrument and its player by making high technical demands thus creating an individual. The first in the series was sequenza for flute in 1958. The sequenza series is one of the most remarkable achievements of the late twentieth. Sequenza italian for sequence is the name borne by fourteen compositions for solo instruments or voice by luciano berio. Berio wrote fourteen sequenzas, but two of them have alternate versions viia for oboe and viib for soprano saxophone. Berio sequenzas ixiv for solo instruments flute harp soprano piano trombone viola oboe violin clarinet trumpet guitar bassoon accordion cello saxophones 3 cds.
Berio notated the piece so that an individual staff line has a fixed duration, while the durations of individual notes are indicated proportionatelythat is, a small distance between one note and the next denotes a short duration, whereas a greater distance denotes a longer duration. Luciano berio, sequenza xiv for cello solo youtube. Luciano berio, cavaliere di gran croce omri october 24, 1925 may 27, 2003 was an italian composer. Background, analysis and performance suggestions a monograph submitted to the graduate faculty of the louisiana state university and agricultural and mechanical college in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts in the school of music by carrie marie vecchione. Questo era possibile in quel momento unico di amalgama, fusione e confronto di idee miracolosamente creatosi nella cittadina tedesca, infatti fuori da tale contesto latteggiamento dei. The pieces, some of which call for extended techniques, are.