related works
Potsherd : for xylophone, vibraphone and marimba / Maximiliano Amici
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
xyl vibr mar
Sonatine : voor fluit en piano, (1948) / Wolfgang Wijdeveld
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
Ronde champêtre : voor fluit en clavecimbel, opus 19b / Marius Flothuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl cemb
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl(fl-a) pf
composition
Due Notturni : for flute and piano / Maximiliano Amici
Author(s):
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