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Peter Seabourne: Steps, Vol. 4, Libro di canti italiano

7/21/2017, 19 Tracks, 49:34

Featuring

  • Fabio Menchetti
  • Peter Seabourne

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Composition History

The 'Steps' series, to which this album belongs, is an ongoing compositional project dedicated to a young pianist whose playing rekindled Peter Seabourne's compositional spark after a thirteen-year silence.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Peter Seabourne's 'Libro di Canti Italiano' was inspired by the idea of an 'Italian song book' (after Hugo Wolf) and dedicated to his friend Giuseppe Fausto Modugno, a pianist who had performed his earlier works.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Peter Seabourne abandoned composing for twelve years due to dissatisfaction with his work and discomfort in the new music world.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Fabio Menchetti, the pianist, found Peter Seabourne's music to possess naturalness, spontaneity, and musical expressiveness, helping to overcome the negative connotations often associated with 'contemporary' music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Peter Seabourne's musical language is overtly communicative, emotionally powerful, often lyrical, and rhythmically inventive, distinguishing it from much contemporary writing.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Fabio Menchetti, the pianist, was born in Lucca in 1982 and has performed in many Italian cities as well as in the Netherlands, Poland, France, and Germany.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Peter Seabourne, the composer, grew up in a large farmhouse with his grandmother, which fostered his childhood passion for composing.

Source: Booklet

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