2014
Sinfonietta for large orchestra in three movements
to the memory of Hans Werner Henze and dedicated to Carlo Pasquini
I. Zefiro II. Intermezzo: Consolazione III. Notte di tempesta
total duration: approx. 20 minutes
Publisher: Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, ISMN 9790203480334, FH 8033
- Instrumentation:
- 3 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo, 3rd doubling alto flute in G
- 2 clarinets in a, 1 bass clarinet in b flat
- 2 oboes, 1 cor anglais
- 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon
- 4 french horns in F
- 3 trumpets (1st in C, 2nd and 3rd in B flat)
- 3 trombones
- 1 tuba
- timpani
- percussion (3 players): triangle, cymbals, 3 suspended cymbals (high/middle/low), 3 Tamtams (high/middle/low), snare drum, 4 tomtoms (different pitches), whip (clapper), bass drum, crotales, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone (motor off/without vibrato), Marimbaphone, tubular bells
- harp
- piano and celesta (1 player)
- violins I
- violins II
- violas
- cellos
- doublebasses
Composition commission by the Fondazione Cantiere Internazionale, Montepulciano
World Premiere: 2014/07/30, Montepulciano; orchestra of the RNCM, conductor: Roland Böer