Grego: Heliossea XX (Live recording) Roberto Fabbriciani & Margherita Hack

• Alessandro Grego (b. 1969): Grado:
• 1 Grego: Grado 1. Heliossea 09:01
• 2 Grego: Grado 2. Musica e stelle 07:48
• 3 Grego: Grado 3. Musica delle sfere 08:08
• 4 Grego: Grado 4. I rumori delle stelle 07:16
• 5 Grego: Grado 5. Il fruscio del sole 06:15
• 6 Grego: Grado 6. Il sorgere del sole e la musica 08:14
• 7 Grego: Grado 7. Musica e luce del cielo 09:53
• Total Runtime 56:35

Info for Grego: Heliossea XX (Live recording)

Heliossea is an intermedia work for flutes and live electronics composed by Alessandro Grego in 2003 and premiered in Trieste on June 21 – the summer solstice – of the same year. It is a meditation on the rising of the sun, starting from the first ray of light at dawn breaking over the horizon. Astronomical data about the phenomenon, translated into sound using Grego’s custom-designed software, plays a crucial role in shaping the music. In 2023, to mark the 20th anniversary of Heliossea’s premiere, Alessandro Grego created a new version titled Heliossea XX. This updated rendition was performed for the first time on September 3, 2023, at the Miramare Castle Park in Trieste. The work is conceived as a tribute to Margherita Hack and her contributions to science and Italian culture. The new version of Heliossea, produced by the Prodigys Group, was realized in collaboration with inaf-oats, which oversaw the scientific aspects of the project, and the “Studio di Sonologia Computazionale” in Padua, under the direction of Alvise Vidolin, which managed the surround sound diffusion. Astronomical data provided by the National Institute for Astrophysics (thanks to its director Fabrizio Fiore and Massimo Ramella) enhanced the work’s precision and immersive quality.

Roberto Fabriciani, flute
Margherita Hack, narrative voice

Roberto Fabbriciani
1949 in Arezzo geboren, studierte bei Severino Gazzelloni. Als international anerkannter Interpret und innovativer Künstler erneuerte Roberto Fabbriciani die Flötenspieltechnik, indem er die klanglichen Möglichkeiten seines Instruments vervielfältigte.

Er arbeitete lange Zeit gemeinsam mit Luigi Nono im EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR und betrat mit ihm neue Wege der Musik. Er arbeitete zusammen mit einigen der bedeutendsten Komponisten unserer Zeit, die Fabbriciani zahlreiche Werke widmeten, welche von ihm uraufgeführt wurden.

Als Solist spielt er unter bedeutenden Dirigenten und mit international renommierten Orchestern. Er gastiert bei den wichtigsten internationalen Festivals, u. a. Biennale di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, in Ravenna, London, Edinburgh, Paris, Brüssel, Granada, Luzern, Warschau, Salzburg, Wien, Lockenhaus, Donaueschingen, Köln, München, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Cervantino und Tokio.

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