Sciarrino, S :: La perfezione di uno spirito sottile
Salvatore Sciarrino presents the massive and seminal La perfezione di uno spirito sottile, a magical ritual for flute, voice, and optional flying bells and kites.
Sciarrino's writing for flute is always exquisite, always perfectly idiomatic, while being something more - something strange, something alien. Pair it with Sciarrino's concept of a voice - dark, dusky, as if in shade - and we have achieved a unique harmony of sound; a perfect combination for ritual magic, a ritual of music, against open spaces or the enclosed dark stage.
The flute begins with a monologue, using many of the techniques made famous in Sciarrino's collection L'opera per flauto, and growing more and more in intensity and expression as we build towards the entrance of the voice. The voice - ah, the voice slides in and subverts the wild calls of the primal flute, taming and altering it, causing it to mimic the smoother husky sounds and providing material with which the flute re-sets itself and builds texture anew. The piece either ends with the flute shimmering in its high registers or, with the percussion added, against a strange clanging and chiming of bells against kites, emphasizing the participation of the wind.
Duration: approximately 40 minutes. For advanced musicians.
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