Hello, I ask for the forum's hospitality to report an opportunity to my concert performer friends. It concerns Liszt's "Totentanz" for piano and orchestra, which these days can be a difficult production; since a large ensemble must be employed and a concerto for piano and orchestra must be organized, we know what that means for musical institutions.
A transcription for quintet (piano and string quartet) offers the possibility of performing it with many fewer practical difficulties and, on a stylistic level, reveals strong characteristics of modernity; the formal progression through continuous, even very brief variations presents an articulation that is dramaturgically very original and innovative, especially when framed within the dialogic and concertante relationship between soloist and orchestra. The structure is laid bare by becoming essential, and surprising traits of profound expressive concentration emerge. It is no coincidence that it is a paraphrase of the Dies irae. The piano part is practically unchanged except for small modifications and allows the pianist to express all their talent just like the original version.
I created this transcription on commission from Steinway pianist Marcello Mazzoni and the Pathos Ensemble, composed of violinist Glauco Bertagnin (First violin of Solisti veneti), Matteo Marzaro (I Virtuosi Italiani, first solo violin of the "Junge Philharmonie" of Cologne), Alessandro Pandolfi (I Musici di Parma, Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, Orchestra del Teatro “Carlo Coccia” di Novara, Piccola Sinfonica di Milano, Virtuosi italiani), cellist Giordano Pegoraro (Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonia Veneta, Solisti Filarmonici Italiani, I Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestre Symphonique du Jura (Switzerland), Basel Sinfonietta, Orchestra Sinfonica di Mulhouse (F), Ensemble Musagète).
The world premiere was held at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia on October 12, 2014, with enthusiastic approval from the audience.
Anyone interested in receiving the score and parts can find me through my Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/sevardi ). I am starting contacts with a publisher, but at the moment I hold full ownership of the work.
