Paolo Fradiani
The Rite Without Spring
Short instrumentation: 1 0 1 1 - 2 0 0 0, str
Duration: 9'
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
clarinet in A
bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
1st violin
2nd violin
3rd violin
1st viola
2nd viola
3rd viola
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
1st double bass
2nd double bass
The Rite Without Spring
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Work introduction
The piece has been commissioned by Associazione Nuova Consonanza in Rome. Takes its name from Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of the Spring" and aims to be both a musical homage to the Russian composer, whose this year marks the 50th anniversary of his death, and an invitation to reflect on the climatic and environmental emergency in an act whose negative effects are intensifying year after year. The purpose of this work is therefore to support a rapid ecological transition in order to mitigate the effects of climate change and balance human activities with the surrounding environment.
The piece has the same instrumentation of Stravinsky's Concerto in Eb "Dumbarton Oaks"
Note to performance:
It is recommended to divide, during the performance, the layers between winds and strings of the fluid sections (bars 1-13, 75-82, 122-137): first layer winds and second layer strings (in background) in order to make understandable the sections and emphasize the contrasts and melodic lines given to the winds.