Spagnolo, Simone (2023) Three Folk Songs after Berio (Published Score). [Arts Related non-text Outputs]

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Abstract

Drawing inspiration from Luciano Berio’s charming Folk Songs, this composition joins and gives new life to three
songs originating from different folklores: a vernacular, working-class song from Italy’s Abruzzo region, a
traditional Andalusian dancing song, and a lullaby of Basque origin with English words set by reverend Sabine
Baring-Gould.
Three Folk Songs after Berio aims to continue Berio’s work and its compositional format, while at the same time
offer a different stylistic approach. Spagnolo’s work uses the same instrumentation as Berio’s piece, yet he enables
the ensemble to generate a different palette of sounds and textures that make use of seemingly rhapsodic and
improvisational gestures, as well as re-harmonisations that bring together traditional and quasi-jazz progressions.
Also, Three Folk Songs after Berio is characterised by a seemingly folk tune played by the viola that travels
through the piece and connects the three main songs; a sort of postmodern thread that unites the three songs in a
cohesive whole.
As it unfolds, Three Folk Songs after Berio offers a wide array of folkloric and idiosyncratic moods, from the
visceral and bittersweet to the inebriated, from the dancing and sensual to the celestially calm. The score is highly
idiomatic for the instruments, and it allows all players to contribute with soloistic passages.
Three Folk Songs after Berio can excellently complement a concert programme featuring Berio’s work, as it can
be performed in other chamber contexts to a great effect.

Item Type:	Arts Related non-text Outputs
Subjects:	Music > Composition Music
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Ms Florence Smith
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2025 14:56
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2025 14:56
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13207

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