Works
Drammaturgie | 2023

Studio di ombre

Belgian premiere and new performances in Germany

13.9.24 B-Brugge, Concertgebouw, 20:00
https://www.concertgebouw.be/nl/junge-deutsche-philharmonie

14.9.24 D-Wiesbaden, Kurhaus, 19:00
https://www.concerti.de/termine/junge-deutsche-philharmonie-jonathan-nott-leitung-kurhaus-wiesbaden-402698/

16.9.24 D-Erlangen, Heinrich-Lades-Halle 19:30
https://www.jdph.de/de/konzerte/aktuelle-konzerte/1161-lied-der-nacht

Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
conducted by Jonathan Nott


PRESENTATION
The nocturne composed for Thomas Guggeis for the inaugural concert at the Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft, is an analytical study of the chiaroscuro effects created by Mahler in the Scherzo of the 7th symphony, focusing on his indication "Schattenhaft".
The spectral and existential waltz created by Mahler for this Scherzo, its position between the two Nocturnes, are the starting point for a reconstruction of the acoustic darkness evoked by the indication "Shadowy, Flowing", illuminated by a pulsating, obsessive, always subjacent agogic structure.
The spatial effects created by Mahler are emphasized by the distribution of the same ensemble of brass in the acoustic space, by the brutality of the rhythmic impulses and the contrasting emergence of  short melodic fragments from silence and their sudden disappearance.
The timbre instability given by the hyper stressed percussive accents migrating through the orchestra, generate a more spectral nocturnal waltz, which alternates strong bruits effects with moments of hieratic suspension entrusted to the off-stage piccolo, positioned within the audience space, like a deus-ex-machina.
The Notturno is a short, virtuoso, disconcerting sound carnival, an exercise where the conductor must create his own “sound action painting” in an extreme tempo, in cohesion and conspiracy with musicians, an orchestra of soloists, a multitude of overlapping solos.
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Studio di ombre
Notturno for wind orchestra and percussions (2022)
Dedicated to Thomas Guggeis
Commission: Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft
First performance: 17.03.2023, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Thomas Guggeis, conductor
Edizioni Casa Ricordi Milano
Duration: ca 6 m