Il suono del '900 Gliarchiensemble

• Peter Warlock (1894-1930): Capriol Suite per orchestra d’archi
• 1Basse - Danse01:20
• 2Pavane01:53
• 3Tordion01:03
• 4Bransles01:57
• 5Pieds en l'air03:04
• 6Mattachins01:36
• Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Serenata per archi op. 20
• 7Allegro piacevole03:08
• 8Larghetto05:32
• 9Allegretto02:33
• Josef Suk (1874-1935): Serenata per archi op.6
• 10Andante con moto04:27
• 11Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso05:32
• 12Adagio09:53
• 13Allegro giocoso ma non troppo presto07:51
• Total Runtime49:49

Info for Il suono del '900

In 1588 a dance treatise entitled “Trait Orchesographie was published by the Langres Cathedral canon Jehan Tabouret. In 1927 Peter Warlock, composer and esteemed musicologist and critic, took inspiration from it to compose his famous Capriol Suite in six movements/dances. This composition maintains a pleasant and typically Anglo-Saxon nostalgic-rustic character. The opening Basse-Danse is majestic and comprises three melodies, repeated, harmonised and orchestrated in a different way each time. Warlock composed the Pavane following the four vocal parts proposed in Tabourots treatise. He lightened each repetition in the Tordion so much so to almost make the music disappear. Bransles was a dance in a “round form, where Warlock used five pieces from the treatise leading up to a brilliant and rhythmical conclusion. In Pieds-en- lair we find the development of a marvellous phrase repeated each time with new harmonies and with the usual slow rhythmic coda, in the finale. The concluding dance Mattachins, starts as a variation of Tabourots Air des Bouffons and proceeds without melody with a series of discords and dissonances between the sections. This derives from the fact that it was a sword dance and therefore noisy. The influence of Bartk, whom Warlock knew and admired, is evident. In 1892 Edward Elgar composed the Serenade Op 20, which originates from three pieces for strings composed in 1888, that were later lost or destroyed. The work, though juvenile, already shows characteristics of his later, more mature compositions. In fact it is obviously of a carefree and expressive nature alternating with introspective and melancholic moments. The Allegro piacevole is both luminous and rhythmical with nostalgic sections that give it a bittersweet quality. The Larghetto that follows possesses a melancholic vein, which will characterise the second movements of the symphonies and concertos to be subsequently composed.

Here we find a torrent of lyrical and meditative melodies that roll like gentle undulations of the English landscape where Elgar lived. The Allegretto finale starts in a subdued way and very soon returns to the theme of the first movement that is elaborated right up until the conclusion of the work. It seems difficult to believe that seven years after the comple- tion of the Serenade, a publisher refused the work with the words: “ We find that this type of music is practically unsellable. Today the Serenade is one of the best loved and most played of Elgars works.

Josef Suk composed the Serenade op. 6 in 1892, at the age of eighteen years, while he was studying at the Conservatory in Prague with Anton Dvorak, his future father-in-law. Even though the influence of Dvorak and his Serenade op. 22 is considerable, Suks talent and his musical personality were noteworthy. The Andante con moto is lyrical and at the same time flowing, recalling old Slavic themes. In the Allegro ma non troppo e quasi grazioso the dance rhythm is almost syncopated. An atmosphere of tranquility and calm prevail from the onset in the Adagio with the solo cello. This mood changes abruptly in the last movement Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo. The character of this movement is effervescent but placated in the central part by sections of chordal writing that move to the vivace finale. Though a youthful composition, the Serenade is certainly a beautiful example of Bohemian music, so much so that according to chronicles of the time, after hearing it Brahms exclaimed: “God, how lovely! (Marco Badami)

Domenico Marco, Violine
Salvatore Tuzzolino, Violine
Federico Brigantino, Violine
Domenico Pirrone, Violine
Vincenzo Cecere, Violine
Marco Badami, Violine
Vincenzo Schembri, Viola
Giuseppe Brunetto, Viola
Giorgio Gasbarro, Violoncello
Francesco Pusateri, Violoncello
Fabio Quaranta, Upright Bass

Gliarchiensemble
The chamber group "GLIARCHIENSEMBLE" borns in 2003. It consits of eleven elements: six violins, two violas, two cellos and one double-bass player.

Their collaboration with great soloists and conductors (as Boris Belkin, Gunter Neuhold, George Pehlivanian, Hubert Soudant etc.)and the experience on national and international musical stages allowed the ensemble to refine a wide repertory of high level.

In 2005 "GLIARCHIENSEMBLE®" records Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for four violins, strings and harpsichord, within the project "Il Legno Magico" conceived by the violinmaker Roberto Regazzi ata the "Teatro Massimo" in Palermo.

In the same year they performs at the International Bibliographical Music Museum in Bologna. In May 2005 they are invited to perform at the Grat Hall of Sidney's Music Conservatory for the Sidney Italian Festival.

"Gliarchiensemble" return to Australia two years later performing at Sidney's Verbugghen Hall and at the Wesley Uniting Churchof Canberra, in the occasion of the Italian Republic celebration.

In July 2007 the take part in the international Music Festival of Carthage performing in El Jem and Hammamet.

In 2007 they also open the first Musical season organized by the Italian National Television of Palermo. For which they regularly perform with ambitious programs broadcasted on the RAI International satellite channel.

In April 2008 they tour in Veneto (Villa Contarini, Auditorium G. Comisso, Teatro Sociale) In mArch 2009 "Gliarchiensemble" perform in Switzerland sponsored by the "Kultur Stiftung St. Martin Muri". In Aprilof the same year they open the "First Festival of Chamber Music" in Marsala (Trapani - Italy). They will perform in China (August 2009) and in Venezuela (December 2009).

In 2010 “GliArchiEnsemble” were on tour in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and then they performed at the “Cantiere Internationale D’Arte” in Montepulciano, Italy. In 2011 a collaboration began between the Sicilian composer Mario Crispi and the Arenaria group, which performed in May at the caves of Frasassi (AN), and in July as part of the Circuit of Myth ( Sicily Region ) at the Cloister of San Francesco in Castelbuono, as well as on the premises of the Royal Borbonic Cellars in Partinico.

In August 2011 they performed at the St. Barnabas Amphitheatre in Valderice (TP) and at the Timoleontean Walls in Gela (CL), holding two concerts with music by Roberto Molinelli. In April 2012 they recorded their second CD, thanks to the collaboration with Fonè of Giulio Cesare Ricci. A disc called "The sound of the '900", with music by Elgar, Warlock and Suk, was created from the recordings which took place at the Persius Flaccus theater in Volterra. It was fixed on a 24k gold support of limited edition and was presented at the Galà of High Fidelity at the Lingotto of Turin in October, and then in Palermo at the headquarters of the Banca Popolare S. Angelo, sponsor of the disc. They were inaugurated during July with their concert "Music in Court" at Villa Boscogrande, and they performed at the Teatro Massimo (October); both in Palermo. In December they took part in the Stiftung Kammermusik um alb acht festival in Basel.

On December 29, at the Teatro Comunale of Cefalù, they concluded a series of concerts dedicated to the memory of the violinist, Salvatore Cicero.

2013 finds the ensemble involved in the recording of composer Angelo Gilardino's original music, and in recording the soundtrack, written by Francesco Di Fiore, for the movie directed by Giuseppe Gigliorosso “Ore Diciotto In Punto” ("Six O’clock Sharp"). The solidarity of the artists and their desire to disclose the art of music brings the band to offer a concert for the event "Palermo Opens the Doors", held at the Palazzo Mirto and Palazzo Mazzarino. The ensemble furthermore held a concert on the premises of the E. Majorana Erice Centre ( TP), and participated in the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Fonè recording house, at the Auditorium of the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera ( PI).

In December 2013 gliarchiensemble celebrated ten years career with a new CD titled "Suggestions" with a Stradivarius label.

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