Fedele - Works for Violin
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Label: Kairos
Cat No: KAI0015120
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 13th January 2023
Contents
Artists
Francesco d’Orazio (violin, electric 5-string violin)Francesco Abbrescia (live electronics)
Works
ElettraSuite francese II
Suite francese VIb
Thrilling Wings
Viaggiatori della notte
Artists
Francesco d’Orazio (violin, electric 5-string violin)Francesco Abbrescia (live electronics)
About
Viaggiatori della notte (Night Travellers, 1983) is Fedele's first piece for solo violin: it's a triptych, and it was so named as it was conceived during a night-time journey. The directions at the top of every piece that comprises Viaggiatori della notte (Con impeto – With Passion, Intensamente – Intensely, Elettrico! – Electric!) are intended not only as a tempo indication, but also – and principally – as a verbal translation of an expressive mood within the scope of a polyphony of figures.
Some of Fedele's later works for violin are closely connected to his compositions for viola. There are four versions of Elettra: the original for viola and electronics (1996) – a spin-off of the Concerto per viola (1990) written for the late Christophe Desjardins – later became L'orizzonte di Elettra for viola, electronics and orchestra (1997). Fedele composed corresponding versions of both works for Francesco D'Orazio, for five-string electric violin: L'orizzonte di Elettra (1997-2009) first and Elettra (1999-2013) then.
Suite francese (French Suite) is the title of a series of works for solo instrument (harpsichord, violin, cello, flute, harp and viola) that Fedele began in 2003. As he himself wrote: "The title indicates on the one hand the compositional form (structured in several movements), on the other the circumstance (the French clients or musicians for whom it was written) that determined its birth."
Thrilling Wings (2014) represents a sort of ideal addendum to Viaggiatori della notte. This work requires a masterful control of the bow technique and presents some of the typical features of Fedele's writing for violin: slightly whispered and interrupted tremolos (on non-regular time intervals), short bursts of some louder music cells, forceful fast repeated notes, glissandos in ostinato and finally tremolos, harmonics and non- stop sounds, leading to a delicate and poetic ending.
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