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Prima esecuzione del Trio per violino, violoncello e fagotto di Elia Andrea Corazza (Elijax)
violino: Emy Bernecoli
violoncello: Walter Vestidello
fagotto: Francesco Fontolan
Villa Bolasco, Castelfranco Veneto, 24 settembre 2017.
It has been a honor and a pleasure to conduct the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in two semi staged performances of Paisiello-Respighi’s La Serva padrona. Serpina: Raffaella Palumbo. Uberto: Francesco Leone. Vespone: Sandro Dieli.
On July 7th we performed in the amazing Palazzo Riso in Palermo, and on July 9th in the marvelous Palazzo d’Aumale in Terrasini.
Arrivederci Sicilia!
Save the dates! On July 7th, 2017 and on July 9th 2017, I will conduct two performances of Paisiello-Respighi’s “La Serva padrona” with the Sinfonica Siciliana.
Serpina: Raffaella Palumbo
Uberto: Francesco Leone
Vespone: Sandro Dieli
July 7th, 9pm, Palermo, Palazzo Riso. More info here.
July 9th, 9pm, Terrasini, Palazzo d’Aumale. More info here.
See you in Sicily!
The score is available in the critical and first edition through Schott Music at this link.
The Sarabanda for violin and piano
Official pages of the event: CIDIM and Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Stoccarda.
Tickets: https://www.easyticket.de/
Our musical journey on Italian Colour begins with the Sonata in Re maggiore RV10 by Antonio Vivaldi as transcribed by Ottorino Respighi, a great Italian composer of the Twentieth century and discoverer of ancient music. The program continues with Antonio Vitali’s Ciaccona, a famous masterpiece for violin which has been played by the most important violinist through the ages. This piece is a sequence of variations based on a descending basso ostinato which preserves balance and virtuosity. By Ottorino Respighi we will then play the unedited Sarabanda (1897), a recently rediscovered juvenile composition which is characterized by ancient forms and harmonies. By the same composer, then, the Berceuse, an evoking pastoral lullaby, and the sweet Valse Caressante, a delicate salon composition, both taken from the Six pieces for Violin and Piano (1902). The following Preludio e Danza Siciliana (Sicilian Dance, 1928) by Alfredo Casella are an autograph transcription for violin and piano of the first part of the ballet “La Giara”. The piece is based on Italian folk melodies rendered with virtuoso technique, modern harmonies and lyrical expansion. Again two delicate pieces: A Coralline, a lovable dedication, and Sirventese, a court dance, by Riccardo Pick-Magiagalli, which both incorporate the passionate Italian operatic tradition into light salon compositions. The three-part composition Autumn Suite (2016) by Elia Andrea Corazza combines ancient form and modern melodies. The final Un Diavolo sentimentale (A sentimental devil, 1969) by Nino Rota, a well-known Italian composer of music for the cinema, is an eccentric and sparkling piece based on octatonic scales and augmented fourth, a dissonant interval which, since ancient ages, is called Diabolus in musica.
Antonio Vitali
Ciaccona
Ottorino Respighi
Sarabanda (German premiere)
Berceuse e Valse Caressante dai Sei Pezzi per violino e pianoforte
Alfredo Casella
Preludio e Danza siciliana da “La Giara”
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Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli
A Coralline
Sirventese
Elia Andrea Corazza
Autumn Suite
Out of Sadness
Dreams
Rain
Nino Rota
Un diavolo sentimentale
È disponibile l’inedito Minuetto per archi P047 di Ottorino Respighi nella edizione critica di Emy Bernecoli e mia. Sul sito di Armelin Edizioni
The unedited Minuetto for strings P047 by Ottorino Respighi is now available on Armelin Musical Editions. Edited by Emy Bernecoli and Elia Andrea Corazza.
Dan Turello wrote this article on my research at The Library of Congress, during my Kluge Fellowship. He describes my quest to reconstruct the entire score of Paisiello’s La Serva Padrona, which Ottorino Respighi orchestrated for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1920, but was not staged and considered lost.
Short excerpt from the article by Dan Turello:
Sometimes a few missing pages can make it a challenge to reconstruct an entire work. This was exactly the case when current Kluge Fellow Elia Corazza discovered the autographed orchestration of La Serva Padrona, an 18th century opera written by Giovanni Paisiello and then adapted by Ottorino Respighi for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1920.
Corazza, a composer, conductor, and musicologist, with training in piano, composition and orchestral conducting, as well as a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Bologna (Italy), became interested in La Serva Padrona as a part of his broader effort to rediscover some of Respighi’s lost works. Respighi became popular in Italy after the First World War, just as Fascism was taking hold in the country. During these years, Respighi transcribed various works of pre-romantic music created by Italian composers including Monteverdi, Paisiello, Cimarosa, and Rossini, that had long since been forgotten and seldom, if ever performed.
You can read the entire interview on The Library of Congress’ blog.