Maurizio Guernieri
Elementa I
Breath (2017)
for violoncello
Duration: 6'
Solos:
violoncello
Elementa I
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Work introduction
The subtitle of this piece, Breath, indicates an element that interacts with the environment, producing carbon dioxide from the processing of oxygen. For the pre-Socratics, breath (pneuma) was also the soul, the original principle (archè) linked to life, at once immaterial and material. Being the original principle, it represents the beginning of life in al senses. The timbre of the violin represents the human voice, whose sound takes shape through the breath.