TYCHE, violin concerto
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“When Andreas Fleck and Jonian Ilias Kadesha asked me to write a Violin Concerto and to consider the theme of luck, I had no doubt! The connection was immediate: the "Dea Fortuna," her counterpart in ancient Greece, the roots of Jonian Ilias Kadesha (Greek-Albanian), part of my own roots (Arbereshe, which is quite common in Sicily…), the history itself, popular cultures, rituals, etc. And some musical traces that come from the past.
The piece is divided into five connected movements, with themes that appear either subtly or prominently. An ancient trace is "Fortune my Foe," a song by an English Anonymous composer, later "adopted" by William Byrd, John Dowland, and other composers. I have always loved these forms of adoption, and I wanted to follow my own path in the same way. Another trace is "della tua sorte" from the opera Giustino by Vivaldi. In this case, I intervened immediately, using not a modular form of variations but rather a continuous metamorphosis.
The Concerto is called "Tyche," precisely the Greek counterpart of the one in ancient Rome”.
Violin solo, strings, percussions and basso continuo.
Duration ca. 25:00
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INDIVIDUAL PARTS: for rent and sale, write to music@ricercareeditions.com
“When Andreas Fleck and Jonian Ilias Kadesha asked me to write a Violin Concerto and to consider the theme of luck, I had no doubt! The connection was immediate: the "Dea Fortuna," her counterpart in ancient Greece, the roots of Jonian Ilias Kadesha (Greek-Albanian), part of my own roots (Arbereshe, which is quite common in Sicily…), the history itself, popular cultures, rituals, etc. And some musical traces that come from the past.
The piece is divided into five connected movements, with themes that appear either subtly or prominently. An ancient trace is "Fortune my Foe," a song by an English Anonymous composer, later "adopted" by William Byrd, John Dowland, and other composers. I have always loved these forms of adoption, and I wanted to follow my own path in the same way. Another trace is "della tua sorte" from the opera Giustino by Vivaldi. In this case, I intervened immediately, using not a modular form of variations but rather a continuous metamorphosis.
The Concerto is called "Tyche," precisely the Greek counterpart of the one in ancient Rome”.
Violin solo, strings, percussions and basso continuo.
Duration ca. 25:00
NB
INDIVIDUAL PARTS: for rent and sale, write to music@ricercareeditions.com
“When Andreas Fleck and Jonian Ilias Kadesha asked me to write a Violin Concerto and to consider the theme of luck, I had no doubt! The connection was immediate: the "Dea Fortuna," her counterpart in ancient Greece, the roots of Jonian Ilias Kadesha (Greek-Albanian), part of my own roots (Arbereshe, which is quite common in Sicily…), the history itself, popular cultures, rituals, etc. And some musical traces that come from the past.
The piece is divided into five connected movements, with themes that appear either subtly or prominently. An ancient trace is "Fortune my Foe," a song by an English Anonymous composer, later "adopted" by William Byrd, John Dowland, and other composers. I have always loved these forms of adoption, and I wanted to follow my own path in the same way. Another trace is "della tua sorte" from the opera Giustino by Vivaldi. In this case, I intervened immediately, using not a modular form of variations but rather a continuous metamorphosis.
The Concerto is called "Tyche," precisely the Greek counterpart of the one in ancient Rome”.
Violin solo, strings, percussions and basso continuo.
Duration ca. 25:00