Berio: Linea
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- Composer: Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
- Format: Performance Score
- Instrumentation: Piano I, Piano II, Marimbaphone, Vibraphone
- Work: Linea
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- Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 112
Description
Linea is the first work Berio composed expressly for dance – Felix Blaska was the choreographer for the first performance – but it certainly can be programmed as a purely musical piece. for long stretches, each of the two pianists plays one-handed, frequently unisono with the percussion instruments. But even when the pianists play four-hands and Berio uses chords, the music retains its delicacy, thanks to the composer's preference for the high register. This is crystalline music – or music like icicles.
Translation © 2012 by Grant Chorley