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Antarctica

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1 Inside Silence - Sara Carvalho (Portugal)

2 The Blue Ice Cave - Diana Blom (Australia)

3 Implacable Ice - Mercedes Zavala (Spain)

4 "A" As Antarctica - Francesco Schweizer (Italy)

5 Percorso A - Stefano Procaccioli (Italy)

6 Erebus - Chris Adams (New Zealand)

7 HeartBroken Star In The Dream Winds Of Endless Night - Nathan Wilson (Australia)

8 Isola di memorie - Paolo Longo (Italy)

9 Antarctica Suite - Gian Gaolo Luppi (Italy)

10 Icewhite (penguin's steps in the eternity of nothing) - Antonio Giacometti (Italy)

11 Iceberg Variations - Paul Smith (Australia)

New music for toy piano and/or piano played by Antonietta Loffredo. Another exciting University of Western Sydney project of newly composed works inspired by the landscapes and atmospheres of one of the most fascinating continents on the planet. Antarctica is considered an inhospitable continent but it has fascinated and inspired not only travellers, scientists, researchers but musicians and writers. This program of eleven composers from five countries draws on the sounds of the piano, and the clear, distinctive sound of two toy pianos, into their works. This music been performed by Antonietta in Australia and Italy.

Antarctica volume of the scores will be available online in early May.

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Inside Silence (Sara Carvalho, Portugal) and audio

The Blue Ice Cave (Diana Blom, Australia) and audio

Implacable Ice (Mercedes Zavala, Spain) and audio

"A" As Antarctica (Francesco Schweizer, Italy) and audio

Percorso "A" (Stefano Procaccioli,Italy) and audio

Erebus (Chris Adams, New Zealand) and audio

HeartBroken Star In The Dream Winds Of Endless Night (Nathan Wilson, Australia) and audio

Isola di memorie (Paolo Longo, Italy) and audio

Antarctica Suite (Gian Paolo Luppi) and audio

Icewhite (Penguin's Steps in the Eternity of Nothing) (Antonio Giacometti, Italy) and audio

Iceberg Variations (Paul Smith, Australia) and audio

11 pieces for piano and/or toy piano by composers in collaboration from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Portugal and Spain. A volume of newly composed works inspired by the landscapes and atmospheres of one of the most fascinating continents. While Antarctica is considered the most inhospitable continent on the planet, its beauty and mystery have fascinated not only travellers, scientists and researchers, but painters, musicians and writers.In crossing continents, the University of Western Sydney was able to bring this amazing project together and with pianist, Antonietta Loffredo performing these works in Italy and Australia and recording the pieces for CD -Antarctica Wirr 059, released by Wirripang, also available online.

Piano music by contemporary Australian and Italian composers played by Antonietta Loffredo.

A University of Western Sydney project this interesting CD is the second by Antonietta in a collaboration with the composers who have been encouraged to write new pieces inspired by chilhood, simplified only in its instrumental components without linguistic or aesthetic compromises to enhance the different poetics that mark the contemporary art music panorama.

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1 Swinging for Ari (Sofia Marita)

Kawaii Suite (Paul Smith)

2 Ponyo

3 Mokona

4 'A' is for Alice (Holly Harrison)

5 Colour Variation I (Ji Yun Lee)

6 Nanna told me so (Me lo ha detto la nonna) (Michael Atherton)

7 - 13 Sette piccoli pezzi (Seven little pieces) (Massimo Priori )

14 Music for a snowy day (Francesco Schweizer)

15 Fogli dall'album - baluginii e distorsioni per pianoforte solo (Flares and distortion for piano solo) (Stefano Procaccioli)

16 The Cat's Meow (Diana Blom and Adrian Barr)

Music for a snowy day, per pianoforte (clic to listen)

This piece was written to offer young performers and young audiences a first approach to contemporary music. Although it apparently consists of a pleasant, reassuring succession of simple and easily-understood elements, the piece actually includes many features that are not commonly found: it uses simple note-values, but the meters are completely unusual, changing every bar, and obliging the performer to continually count the time differently; there are only eight notes, but they include all the black keys, so that the performer has to get used to playing with some sometimes awkward hand positions; at first sight the piece may look like a simple melody with an accompaniment, but the formal structure is broken up into passages of various lengths with suspended chords and pauses, requiring careful interpretation to capture the musical sense. It is a composition whose key to reading is in its sound: whoever performs it or listens to it must pay attention to a chord, or arpeggio or a rest with the same enchantment as they do when they watch the falling snow.

Sailing to Bysantium, per due pianoforti e due gruppi di percussioni (clic to listen)

Lakes resting one on the other, per pianoforte

Convegno su Giacinto Scelsi:

Francesco Schweizer: L'appel de l'esprit: dimensioni sonore e iniziatiche nel Quartetto per archi n. 3

Convegno su Domenico Guaccero:

Francesco Schweizer: Simbolismo e forme sonore nelle opere per archi di Domenico Guaccero e Giacinto Scelsi

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