E vidi quattro stelle

Featuring

Alice Foccroulle
Nikolay Borchev
Ouri Bronchti
Ensemble InAlto
Bernard Foccroulle

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Composer Biography

Bernard Foccroulle dedicated "E vidi quattro stelle" to his father, Charles Foccroulle, who instilled in him a love for Dante's works.

Recording & Production

The recording of "E vidi quattro stelle" took place in the Henri Le Bœuf concert hall at BOZAR in Brussels, where the new concert organ was being inaugurated.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bernard Foccroulle chose fragments from Dante's Purgatorio for his work due to the text's "inexhaustible richness."

Compositional Technique

The organ in "E vidi quattro stelle" functions almost as an orchestra, accompanying two voices and five other instruments.

Instruments

The organ used in this recording was still in its final stages of completion during the project, with its building being the starting point for the entire work.

Interpretation

The performers, InAlto, chose to use 17th-century trombones for this recording to fit the aesthetic of the work, avoiding the larger sound of more modern instruments.