Luciano Berio Documentary: Voyage to Cythera

By talking about the Sinfonia, his tribute to Gustav Mahler, Luciano Berio takes us on a journey through the history of music. “For me, Mahler is a ship plying the ocean, a ship filled with fine things, magnificent people and gifts“, says Luciano Berio. It’s a sort of voyage to Cythera. I decided to go on an harmonic journey marked with references to more or less famous musical elements. With Luciano Berio (1925-2003) we penetrate the inner process of composition: by dissecting for us the third movement of