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This is an series of short pieces which I distilled quite a lot of time ago, with much effort I remember, starting from a lyric written by dear friend Paolo (lately playing piano in Duo Azzoni), inspired itself by the Magritte painting "La Corde Sensible" (The weak point).
Pieces range from the very little to the microscopic, and are rather approximately composed upon two main themes, exposed in the opening piece: the cloud theme, as a matter of fact merely capturing a everchanging condition of being, never literally reprised, and the crystal theme, simply an arpeggio, clearly recognizable in the following.
Subsequent pieces follow the lyric in a rather didascalic fashion, referring to different verses, as indicated in the lyrics.
The music clearly shows strong Schoenberg and Berg influences all over, mostly in the episodic form, like in the "6 Kleine Klavierstuecke" by Schoenberg and atonal (more than dodecafonic) chordal material.
Pieces range from the very little to the microscopic, and are rather approximately composed upon two main themes, exposed in the opening piece: the cloud theme, as a matter of fact merely capturing a everchanging condition of being, never literally reprised, and the crystal theme, simply an arpeggio, clearly recognizable in the following.
Subsequent pieces follow the lyric in a rather didascalic fashion, referring to different verses, as indicated in the lyrics.
The music clearly shows strong Schoenberg and Berg influences all over, mostly in the episodic form, like in the "6 Kleine Klavierstuecke" by Schoenberg and atonal (more than dodecafonic) chordal material.
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Lyrics
I. Il cristallo accoglie il nembo
II. Questa pura coppa contiene una nuvola
III. Al riparo del vento
IV. L'amico antico decisamente immoto
V. Osserva e riposa
VI. Le masse sfrangiate
Ciascuna rotola fragorosa
Nel buio di notte rapida
VII. E silente
VIII. Quieta nel cristallo semichiuso
IX. Permane
P.C.
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I. The crystal holds the nimbus
II. This pure cradle contains a cloud
III. Safe from the wind
IV. The ancient friend definitely motionless
V. Observes and rests
VI. The frayed masses
Each one rolling thunderous
In the darkness of sudden night
VII. And silent
VIII. Quiet in the half-closed crystal
IX. It abides.
P.C.
II. Questa pura coppa contiene una nuvola
III. Al riparo del vento
IV. L'amico antico decisamente immoto
V. Osserva e riposa
VI. Le masse sfrangiate
Ciascuna rotola fragorosa
Nel buio di notte rapida
VII. E silente
VIII. Quieta nel cristallo semichiuso
IX. Permane
P.C.
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I. The crystal holds the nimbus
II. This pure cradle contains a cloud
III. Safe from the wind
IV. The ancient friend definitely motionless
V. Observes and rests
VI. The frayed masses
Each one rolling thunderous
In the darkness of sudden night
VII. And silent
VIII. Quiet in the half-closed crystal
IX. It abides.
P.C.
Peter Greenstone
Wonderful, moody and complex piece. It's beyond anything I can
comment on technically. It's simple yet complex. It invokes great
imagery and movement without a wasted note.