Nono: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura

Featuring

Melise Mellinger
Salvatore Sciarrino
Luigi Nono

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Nono's composition can be seen as a metaphor for human life, with the tape material representing history and the violinist embodying humanity.

Compositional Technique

The composition requires the violinist to 'wander' between six to ten music stands distributed in the performance hall, creating a network of sound locations.

Compositional Technique

Nono's La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura is characterized by a flexible concept where the actual form emerges from the interaction between the violinist and the sound director.

Recording & Production

This recording features a different acoustic setting for each position of the soloist, with neutral acoustics used during transitions between these distinctive sound environments.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The title La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura poetically summarizes the process of exploring one's tortuous path through history and future possibilities.

Recording & Production

The album presents one chosen performance out of five slightly different recordings, all captured in their entirety without any cuts.

Composition History

Luigi Nono's work, La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura, is a homage to Salvatore Sciarrino's earlier piece, All'aure in una lontananza, from 1977.