Maurizio Guernieri
... a salire alle stelle
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 2 2 0 0, timp, pno, str
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
timpani
piano
violin I (6 players)
violin II (6 players)
viola (4 players)
violoncello (4 players)
double bass (2 players)
... a salire alle stelle
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Work introduction
Second composition of the trilogy for orchestra dedicated to Dante and inspired by the last verse of Purgatory. From a few initial sounds, a movement of Passacaglia begins, which unfolds in circular movements just as the cornices that surround the mountain of Purgatory are circular. This climb up the mountain brings Dante to see the splendor of four stars that were never seen except by Adam and Eve: it is the final chord of four sounds of the horns and trombones.