Francesco Filidei: Tre quadri (2020)

Francesco Filidei (*1973) Tre quadri, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2020) 00:00 I. November 19:16 II. Berceuse 25:47 III. Quasi una Bagatella Maurizio Baglini, piano Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Tito Ceccherini, conductor World Première, 12 November 2020, Auditorium RAI “Arturo Toscanini“ Written in 2020, the works that comprise Tre Quadri form a concerto for piano and classical orchestra, featuring a broad first movement whose character is unstable, followed by a central andante whose gait is nearly suspended, and winding up with an allegro in the form of a scherzo. I – November […] From the high, crystalline registers of the piano, irregularly following a descending chromatic scale, the low and deep registers of the orchestra are uncovered; from the imperceptible pianissimos of the strings in tremolo on the bridge, we reach through gradual crescendos a reiterating of dissonant chords in fortissimo featuring all the ins