Luciano Berio
Sequenza III for female voicestudy 1
What we will be covering
Berio the composer
Italian Futurism
Background to the Sequenzas
Some score convertions
Performance with score
Cathy Berberian
Luciano Berio
Italian composerborn 1927died 2003 Contemporary with
Pierre BoulezKarlheinz Stockhausen
Mauricio Kagel
György Ligeti
Witold Lutosławski
Elliott Carter
Luciano Berio
Prolific
Highly individual
Lyrical
Varied output
Many vocal works
Many literary
influencesMany musical
influences
Cathy Berberian
American Mezzo Soprano
born 1925
died 1983
Married to Berio
1950 - 1964
Italian Futurism
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
TextHow is the order of the text to be interpreted?
give me
a truth
before night comes
for a woman
to build a house
a few words
allowing us
without worrying
to sing
give me
a truth
before night comes
for a woman
to build a house
a few words
allowing us
without worrying
to sing
The Sequenzas Sequenza I for flute (1958)
Sequenza II for harp (1963)
Sequenza III for female voice (1965)
Sequenza IV for piano (1966)
Sequenza V for trombone (1965)
Sequenza VI for viola (1967)
Sequenza VII for oboe (1969)
Sequenza VIII for violin (1976)
Sequenza IXa for clarinet (1980)
Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone (1981)
Sequenza X for trumpet in C and piano resonance (1984)
Sequenza XI for guitar (1987-88)
Sequenza XII for bassoon (1995)
Sequenza XIII for accordion (1995)
Sequenza XIVa for violoncello (2002)
Highly virtuosic
Written for specific
performers
Extended technique
A cycle of works for solo
instrument
Trends in notation circa 1960s
Xenakis Pithoprakta
Penderecki De natura sonoris
Cardew Treatise page 75
Cradew Treatise page 183
Berio Circles
Berio Circles
