Giovanni Verrando

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Second Born Unicorn, remind me what we’re fighting for (2002)

solo piano

Commissioned by:
Festival Milano Musica,
Fondazione Sergio Dragoni-Fondo Armando Gentilucci, Milano
First performance: Milano, Festival Milano Musica, 30.4.2002, O. Pizzo
Publisher: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni

Duration: 7′


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cd ÆON 1328
mdi ensemble – RepertorioZero – cond. P.A. Valade
Solo piano: Luca Ieracitano


Performance notes

I. frenetico, violento
II. lento, non calmo
Duration: 7′


Programme notes

Second Born Unicorn fa parte di una serie di brani solistici (First Born Unicorn ne era il primo, per flauto amplificato), scritta per esplorare la scrittura e il timbro dei diversi strumenti. Ogni brano della serie riproduce suoni e timbri complessi (flauto polifonico, pianoforte orchestrale), chiedendo al solista di porsi in relazione strettissima, quasi simbiotica, con il proprio strumento.
A questo scopo Second Born Unicorn sfrutta anche notazioni alternative, indicazioni per un’esecuzione che esasperi la fisicità dei suoni.
Second Born Unicorn è una commissione della Fondazione Sergio Dragoni Onlus, Fondo Armando Gentilucci.

Second Born Unicorn is part of a series of solo pieces (First Born Unicorn was the first one, for amplified flute) written to explore the style and timbre of different instruments. Each piece of the series reproduces complex sounds and timbres (polyphonic flute, orchestral piano), requiring the soloist to enter in an extremely close, almost symbiotic, relation with his instrument.
For this purpose Second Born Unicorn also exploits alternative notation, indications for a performance that exasperates the physicality of the sounds.
Second Born Unicorn is a commission of the Fondazione Sergio Dragoni Onlus, Fondo Armando Gentilucci.

giovanni verrando, © 2002

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