Mixing Music
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Luciano Berio is well known for his electronic and experimental music, often mixing, cutting up and/or rearranging sounds and voices to create the music. An example of such a piece is his work Sinfonia, which is arguably his most famous. It is composed for orchestra and eight amplified voices. However, the voices are not utilized in the traditional way, as they are for the most part not singing but speaking, whispering or shouting. The third movement of the piece is simply a collage of quotations from musical and literary sources. Tonight we hear the acclaimed piece Sinfonia. Also music from Claude Debussy and Michael Nyman, as well as the next installment in our Mozart in Full Voice festival featuring pieces from La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (The Clemency of Titus).
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