Alberto Caprioli, composer, conductor, Italian
TRIO combines graphic notation with traditional notation. In addition to extended instrumental techniques, the piece incorporates the performers' vocalizations (whispering, unpitched) and whistling (likewise pianissimo, blending breath with sound). The texts consist of brief, fragmentary quotations excerpted from the only Italian-language letter written by Robert Schumann—penned in Mantua in 1829 but never sent—which describing his journey to Italy. The piece concludes with a madrigalism depicting the setting sun, conceived as a homage to Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa.
Regarding the various physical actions required of the performers, Mr. Caprioli referenced a passage from Roland Barthes's The Responsibility of Forms (L'obvie et l'obtus):
The complete score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UTLrFA3tgo
Below are three pages from Trio.
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TRIO for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1984)
INTERMEDIO I for Amplified Flute and Magnetic Tape Processed with the 4i Processor (1989)
Intermedio I is the second composition by Alberto Caprioli at the Center for Computational Sonology (CSC) at the University of Padua. For the magnetic tape component, Caprioli used the 4i processor, created by Giuseppe Di Giugno at IRCAM in Paris and donated to the CSC, Italy’s premier center for computer music.
The form of the piece, both musical and graphic, is derived from the distinct architectural structure of the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, converted from a circular to a square layout. The vowels and consonants vocalized into the instrument by the flutist are drawn from one of the Intermedi of Torquato Tasso's pastoral drama Aminta. The work is characterized by the continuous application of avant-garde flute techniques, such as hissing and singing into the instrument, pitched whistling into the embouchure hole combined simultaneously with traditionally keyed notes, and a concluding technique involving a kiss upon the instrument’s embouchure.
This work has since been performed extensively across Italy, Austria, France, and Russia by various flutists, including Maria Alikhanova and Eva Furrer, who recorded it for Vienna Radio in 1993 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psUHPh1BcK4).
Alberto Caprioli
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Alberto Caprioli – TRIO
Alberto Caprioli – Intermedio I