Nicola Campogrande
R
A portrait for piano and orchestra
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Nicola Campogrande
R
A portrait for piano and orchestra
- Instrumentation Piano and Orchestra
- Composer Nicola Campogrande
- Edition Instrumental Part: Piano
- Publisher Breitkopf & Härtel KG
- Order no. OB5693-03
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Description:
Musically portrayed In 2012, Nicola Campogrande received a rather unusual commission from a stranger who asked him to compose a musical portrait of his fiancée. The man knew exactly what he wanted: a concerto for piano and orchestra. After some deliberation, Campogrande concluded that he could paint with music. Of course, it would be impossible to recognize the shape of the woman's face or the color of her hair. But the score could evoke the idea of how she occupies time and space; and the various movements of the composition would be like the side faces of a rotating prism. So Campogrande accepted the commission, and the stranger sent him a few photos of his fiancée, told him some things about her, and finally introduced her to him in person. Thus R (A Portrait for Piano and Orchestra) was born and premiered in April 2013 by Lilya Zilberstein with the Orchestra Verdi in Milan. More performances and a TV documentary followed, after which several pianists asked Campogrande to write a version for solo piano. This resulted in Nudo , a piece very similar to R, were it not for the fact that - as the title suggests - the pianist is naked, i.e. without orchestral clothing. Information about R on the composer's website Recording of the premiere of R in Milan (YouTube)