Requies

(1983)

for chamber orchestra

Short instrumentation: 2 2 3 2 - 2 2 1 0 - mar, hp, cel, str(8 8 4(6) 4(5) 3)

Duration: 17'

Dedication: in memoriam Cathy Berberian

Instrumentation details:

flute

piccolo

flute

oboe

cor anglais

clarinet in Eb

clarinet in Bb

bass clarinet in Bb

1st bassoon

2nd bassoon

1st horn in F

2nd horn in F

1st trumpet in C

2nd trumpet in C

trombone

marimba

celesta

harp

violin I (8)

violin II (8)

viola (4(6))

violoncello (4(5))

contrabass (3)

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Luciano Berio

Berio: Requies

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A chamber orchestra is playing a melody: or rather, describes a melody, though only as a shadow might describe an object, or an echo a sound. The melody constantly but brokenly develops throughout repeats and digressions and around a central point, at once mobile and distant, possibly indecipherable to the listening ear. Requies, written in 1984 for the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, is dedicated to the memory of Cathy Berberian.

Luciano Berio, translated from the Italian by John Underwood