related works
Perspectives : for symphonic wind orchestra / Maximiliano Amici
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 4fl 2ob eh 7cl cl-b cl-cb 2bsn 2sax-a sax-t 4h 3tpt 3trb 2euph tb timp 3perc pf
Antinomies : for flute and piano / Christos Anastassiou
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
Cleveland Times : for flute and piano / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
Sonata : for flute and piano, (1925) / Willem Pijper
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
composition
Due Notturni : for flute and piano / Maximiliano Amici
Other authors:
Amici, Maximiliano
(Composer)
Description:
The two compositions presented in this set, despite their different character, share a fundamentally nocturnal quality. The first piece, warmer, is inspired primarily by the idea of movement and is divided in two parts. In the first part, I imagined a gentle breeze caressing a shrub at night. The beginning of the piece describes an immobile, suspenseful atmosphere, then the piano starts playing arabesques, which symbolize the movement of the leaves. These waves fade, accompanying the listener to the second part of the short composition, more assertive.
In the second notturno, colder in character, I tried to evoke the calm of the night by using the piano in a register similar to that of the flute. This calm is abruptly broken in the middle of the piece with sudden and prominent piano chords. Slowly, afterwards, the nocturnal atmosphere is recomposed; the piece ends on a deep, dark note.
Maximilano Amici