Berio wrote fourteen sequenzas, but two of them have alternate versions viia for oboe and viib for soprano saxophone. Sequenzas, an album by luciano berio, ensemble intercontemporain on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Luciano berio sequenzas ixiv for solo instruments 2006. His sequenza series 19582002 includes solo pieces for flute, harp, female voice sequenza iii. Sequenza 3, solo voice luciano berio universal edition female voice ue0723.
Luciano berio, cavaliere di gran croce omri october 24, 1925 may 27, 2003 was an italian composer. Berio sequenzas colourful instrumental writing is the dominant feature of his sequenza cycle, a sequence of to date fourteen pieces for different solo instruments, the first written in 1958, the most recent in 2000. Sequenza iii for female voice berio background information and performance circumstances luciano berio 19252003 was an avantgarde italian composer, who spent much of his career in america. Berio sequenza iii for female voice universal edition.
Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises sequenza iii for voice cathy berberian luciano berio in the voice labyrinth. Sequenza iii for female voice berio detective time every listening tell me everything wrongdifferentunusual about this piece. Sequenza iii for female voice is an unaccompanied chamber work. Edwards, patti yvonne, luciano berios sequenza iii. The set of sequenzas works for solo instruments or voice spans throught berios creative carrer, for the early sequenza for solo flute to late works such as the sequenza for accordion. Sequenza iii for female voice luisa castellani berio. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of sequenza iii, for voice on allmusic. Sequenza 3, solo voice luciano berio universal edition female voice ue0723 luciano berio on. Voice female voice sheet music book by luciano berio 19252003. Berio wrote sequenza iii for a virtuoso singing actress such as cathy berberian, his wife and. Key notestips refer to the composers note if you are unsure of references, it has a key for pretty much everything written in 1966 composed for berios wife, cathy berberian, as he didnt think anyone else could perform it perfectly the text is by markus kutter can also be performed by 3 women melody incredibly disjunct angular erratic a. Arraymusic presents cathy fern lewis, voice with rodney sharman, flute and voice, and linda catlin smith, piano in a program titled. The open voice royal holloway, university of london.
His sequenza series 19582002 includes solo pieces for flute, harp, female voice sequenza iii 1966 was written for performance by his former wife, soprano cathy berberian, piano, and violin that incorporate aleatory elements. Sequenza iii authors note centro studi luciano berio. Sequenza iii for female voice by luciano berio sophie burgos. Sequenza 3, solo voice by luciano berio 19252003 full. The pieces, some of which call for extended techniques, are. Sequenza iii for voice 1965 the voice carries always an excess of connotations, whatever it is doing. The 14 sequenzas encompass the majority of berios creative life and feature many of the standard solo instruments together with the female voice. Is it a series of sounds, or phonemes, or the anxious mutterings of a woman. His explanation of the symbols used in the score lists 15 techniques, among them salvoes of laughter, teethchattering, tonguetrill against the. After a few years, berio decided to extend this concept to other instruments which in the 1960s resulted in sequenza ii for harp 1963, sequenza iii for female voice 196566 sequenza iv for piano 196566. The entire series of sequenzas, the composition of which took place over 34 years of berios life and explore virtuosic applications of both listener and player. For this reason sequenza iii can also be considered as a dramatic essay whose story, so to speak, is the relationship between the soloist and her own voice.
Doctor of musical arts performance, august 2004, 37 pp. Provided to youtube by universal music group berio. Background, analysis and performance suggestions a monograph submitted to the graduate faculty of the louisiana state university and agricultural and mechanical college in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts in the school of music by carrie marie vecchione. Sequenza iii for female voice published may 30, 2010 listening study leave a comment. Sequenza italian for sequence is the name borne by fourteen compositions for solo instruments or voice by luciano berio.
One of the really big challenges on flute is to play the berio sequenza. Sequenza iii was written in the mid 1960s and is widely available for study and performance, but how can this work be defined. Sequenza iii for female voice by luciano berio sophie. Sequenza iii for solo voice is a tourdeforce for a singing actress, covering all ranges of human emotion in a virtuoso vocal display. Sequenza iii for female voice berio background information. The two sequenzas contained here sequenza iii for female voice 19656 performed by cathy berberian and sequenza vii for oboe 1969 played by soloist heinz holliger are extreme tests of the. The first in the series was sequenza for flute in 1958. The voice carries always an excess of connotations, whatever it is doing. Sequenza iii centro studi luciano berio luciano berio. Go through the graphic score and identify at least two examples of each of the motives.
His sequenza series 19582002 includes solo pieces for flute, harp, female voice sequenza iii 1966 was written for performance by his former wife, soprano. Sequenza iii for female voice berio highcliffe school. The three sequenzas for strings numbers vi, viii, and xiv for viola, violin, and cello, respectively show berios inventiveness, as well as his ability to take from a wide variety of sources. Sequenza iii was originally written for cathy berberian, also berios wife up until 1964 one year before the piece was written. Laura catrani, voice luciano berio sequenza iii for female voice 1966 markus kutter, text francesco lupi timini, videomaker giuseppe baresi, photography giuseppe baresi egidio carlino. O to understand the musical characteristics of experimental music and analyse how they have been used by berio. Sequenza iii for female voice revision notes as music blog. Every work is a stunning demonstration of creativity and considerably expands the frontiers of what can be called music. The sequenza series is regarded as one of the most important cycles of the 20th century. Is this the most bizarre and technically difficult piece. Berio described sequenza iii as being a 3 part invention built.
Existing analyses of sequenza viis form rely on the aggregatecompleting pitch of a fixedregister pitch series to outline the climactic area of the piece and to help define the. James joyce wrote his chamber music poems with the intention that they be sung. Sequenza iii could be all of these or something else entirely. Ixa for clarinet given a really luscious performance here by joaquin valdepenas and ixb for alto saxophone. Give me a few words for a woman to sing a truth allowing us to build a house without. The work omaggio a joyce used berberians voice as the source sounds for a tape music piece.
Sequenza iii, for womans voice 1965 luisa castellani, voice one of luciano berios most fruitful sources of inspiration was his long collaboration with so. Sequenza 3, solo voice luciano berio universal edition. Peformed by tony arnold soprano berio wrote sequenza iii for a virtuoso singing actress, such as cathy berberian, his wife and the works. Berio sequenza iii fur frauenstimme universal edition. Sequenza iii for female voice sequenza vii for oboe due pezzi for violine and piano chamber music for female voice, clarinet, cello and harp recording london, 41969 digitally remastered originally released as lp in 1970 made in west germany. Sequenza iii, luciano berio, laura catrani youtube. About a woman who wants to know about her future through fortune telling with tarot cards. Both sequenza ii for harp 1963 and sequenza vi for viola 1967 invest their instruments with an unwonted ferocity. Luciano berios sequenza v analyzed along the lines of. His explanation of the symbols used in the score lists 15 techniques. Sequenza iii for female voice luciano berio youtube. In sequenza iii the instrument is a woman, and simply looking at the score one can see how demanding the piece would be to sing. Other compositions include laborintus ii 1965 and sinfonia. Sequenza vii by luciano berio is a composition for performance on oboe and oboe alone.
Temporal multiplicity and alternative conceptions of form. Singing is only one of the many expressive modes the human voice has, and berio makes use of a number of them. Representative of berios vocal writing is sequenza iii for solo voice, which portrays 44 emotional states in seven and a half minutes and includes conventional singing, coughs, sighs, sobs, and a sound berio called girlbird. He was a pioneer of experimental music and electronic techniques. Berio wrote sequenza iii for a virtuoso singing actress such as cathy berberian, his wife and the works dedicatee. He is noted for his experimental work in particular his 1968 composition sinfonia and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled sequenza and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.
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