Vittorio Zago
composer
Tratti (1989-91)
eleven pieces for guitar
duration: about 16’
publisher: Ed. Bèrben
Verba volant (1990-91)
for flute
duration: about 9’
…pulvis sum… (1994-95)
digressions for harp
duration: about 10’55”
Recorded on CD (Audio production – AP 971058; harp Mahalia Kelz)
Finalist at the International Composition Competition “Emmy Hurlimann” in Geneva 1995
Lamento (1997)
for viola
duration: about 4’40” / 5’10”
Special mention at the International Composition Competition “Valentino Bucchi” in Rome 1997
Lamento (1997)
for cello
duration: about 4’40” / 5’10”
Preludio e corale dematerializzati (1998)
for organ
duration: about 8’30”
…after having observed a figurative work by Paolo Ferrari
...à trois (2004)
for alto saxophone
duration: about 7'
Studi per violino (2004)
six studies for violin
duration: about 20'
Studio VII (2010)
for violin
duration: about 6'00"
Women's carpets II (2011)
for guitar
duration: about 16’07”
Written for Marco Minà
Caprices des enfants (2012)
eleven pieces for piano
duration: about 9'00”
Dedicated to my children Edoardo and Eleonora, and Prof.ssa Ornella Bosatra
Erosive raindrops (2013)
for electric guitar
duration: about 8'00”
Written for Alessandra Novaga
...come back... (2014)
for Bass or Tenor-Bass or Tenor or Alto Trombone
duration: about 6'00” - 8?00"
Written for Alessandro Castelli
Reliefs (1991-92)
seven aphorisms for string quartet
duration: about 6’10”
Ombra diva mi scuoti (1992)
for violin and piano
duration: about 7’
Ek/stasis (1993)
for two amplified guitars
duration: about 5’30”
Taibhsì (1993)
for harp, viola and flute
duration: about 13’
publisher: Ed. Ricordi
1st Prize at the National Composition Competition “Goffredo Petrassi” in Parma 1994
Guardame, guardame (1995)
for flute, lute e percussion
duration: about 9’
Finalist at the National Composition Competition “Castello di Belveglio” 1995
Se il prato fiorito è ancor (1995)
for flute and harpsichord
duration: about 8’
Guardame, guardame (1996)
version for flute, B-flat clarinet , cello and percussion
duration: about 9’
Se il prato fiorito è ancor (1996)
version for flute and guitar
duration: about 8’
Se il prato fiorito è ancor (1997)
version for flute, violin and piano
duration: about 8’
3rd Prize at the National Composition Competition “Castello di Belveglio” 1997
Le point et le vent (1998)
for wind quintet
duration: about 10’
Finalist at the “Progetto Giovani Compositiori” by Orchestra Cantelli in Milan 1999
Lianu (2001)
for flute, trombone (or horn), percussion (1 player)
duration: about 7’
Selected and awarded composition at the “Progetto Giovani Compositiori” in Milan 2001
Ricercari (2001)
for violin, flute, B-flat clarinet, cello
duration: about 9’30”
Rappels (2006)
for brass quintet (2 C trumpets, horn, tenor-bass trombone, F tuba)
duration: about 8’00”
Written for the "Milano Brass Ensemble"
...a (d)ue [0] (2009)
for violin and harp
duration: about 7’00”
Women's carpets (2010)
for cello and piano
duration: about 16’16”
Written for Martina Lopez and Clelia Cafiero
JMB (2011/12)
for electronics and live string quartet score
duration: about 12’00”
Written for RepertorioZero
Commissioned work by Festival Milano Musica 2012
and dedicated to Andrea and Luciana Pestalozza
E (2012)
for violin, flute, clarine and piano
duration: about 9’00”
Written for 15.19 Ensemble
Seufzer (2013)
for flute and organ
duration: about 6’00”
IV a2 (2014)
for violin and piano
duration: about 7’30”
Saxsingspiel (2014)
for sax quartet
duration: about 15'00”
Janus (2014)
for cello and baritone sax
duration: about 10’00”
Metus animi (1995)
for eleven flutes [1 piccolo – 5 C flutes (two double with piccolo) – 3 alto flutes – 2 bass flutes]
duration: about 9’
Guardame, guardame (1996)
version for flute, B-flat clarinet, horn, viola, cello, double bass and percussion (2 player)
duration: about 9’
Dancing ways (1997)
for 8 players [flute (piccolo), B-flat clarinet (E-flat cl.), alto saxophone , B-flat trumpet, violin, double bass, piano, drums and percussion (1 player)]
duration: about 12’
Effimere forme . . . luci dubbiose (1999)
for flute, A clarinet, two guitars, violin and cello
duration: about 10’30”
KCK (Kleines Cellokonzert) (1999-2000)
for solo cello, flute (double in alto flute), B-flat clarinet (double in bass clarinet), violin, viola, tubular bells and vibraphone (1 player)
duration: about 9’30”
KHK (Kleines Harfenkonzert) (2002)
for solo harp, flute, B-flat clarinet, violin viola, cello and percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel, wood-blocks and cymbal: 1 player)
duration: about 10'40"
Special mention at the International Composition Competition “Camillo Togni” in Brescia 2002
Syntaxis sintēxis (2003)
for flute (double in piccolo), B-flat clarinet, bassoon, viola, cello, double-bass, piano and percussion (3 tom-toms, rolling-drum, vibraphone, 1 big wood-blocks and cymbal: 1 player)
duration: about 4'30"
Preludios y Canciones (2017)
tribute to F.G. Lorca
for solo female voice, flute, B-flat clarinet, violin, cello, harp and 2 percussion player (2 couple of Bongos, 2 Basque drum, Little drum, medium-size Tom, Sistrum, Cabasa, Sleigh bells, Crotale, Wind chimes, 2 Dobachi (possible tuned D3 and Eb3), 5 Wood-blocks, medium Chinese Suspended Cymbal, 2 Suspended Cymbal (big and medium), Castanets)
duration: about 55'00"
Natale in/canto (2017)
Suite for little orchestra
Scene music for "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens
for flute (double in piccolo), oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, F french-horn, 2 violin, viola, cello, double-bass and percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel, basque drum, medium/big suspended cymbal, 1 big wood-blocks, wind-chimes and sleigh bells: 1 player)
duration: about 40'00"
Anamnesis (1992)
for string orchestra or thirteen amplified soloists
duration: about 7’
Divertimento (1993)
for symphony orchestra
[2,2,2,2 - 4,3,3 - timp – 3 perc - 11,9,7,5,3]
duration: about 10’40”
Nagara (1995)
for solo flute, string orchestra [7,6,5,4,2], percussion (1 player) and (optional) harpsichord
duration: about 13’
Der Frauentanz (1996-97)
for string orchestra to themes by W.A.Mozart
[minimum 6,5,4,3,2 – recommend 9,8,6,5,4]
duration: about 10’
3rd Prize at the International Composition Competition “Città di Pavia” 1997
Dancing ways II (1998)
for hurdy-gurdy and string orchestra [5,4,3,2,1] or for hurdy-gurdy and string quartet
duration: about 8’
3rd Prize at the International Composition Competition “Città di Pavia” 1998
Secum (Empfindung an Laura) (1997-99)
for symphony orchestra
[3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3,1 – timp – 3 perc – harp – 12,10,8,6,4]
duration: about 12’
Finalist at the International Composition Competition “Toru Takemitsu” in Tokyo 2000
World premiere Tokyo Opera City, 2000 - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Ryusuke Numajiri
Frag (‘mente) (2000)
for solo cello and symphony orchestra
[3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3,1 – timp – 3 perc – harp – 12,10,8,6,4]
duration: about 11’
5th Prize at the International Composition Competition “Valentino Bucchi” in Rome 2000
Da/Fort (2000)
for symphony orchestra
[3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3,1 – timp – 3 perc – harp – piano – 14,12,10,8,6]
duration: about 13’
World premiere Tokyo Opera City, 2003 - Tokyo Philarmonic Orchestra, Dir. Tatsuya Shimono
Segel (2007)
for symphony orchestra
[3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3, – 3 perc – harp – piano – 14,12,10,8,6]
duration: about 17’
Written for the Brandenburger Symphoniker
World premiere Brandenburger Theater, 2009 - Brandenburger Symphoniker, Dir. Andrea Pestalozza
Segel (2011)
for symphony orchestra
[2,2,2,2 – 4,2,3, – 3 perc – harp – piano – 12,10,8,6,4]
duration: about 17’
New version written for the 55th International Festival of Contemporary Music Biennale in Venice
World premiere at Music Biennale 2011 - Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Dir. Andrea Pestalozza
Die Trennung (2011)
for orchestra
[2,2,2,2 – 2,2 – 3 perc – 12,10,8,6,4]
duration: about 13’
World premiere Festival Play IT 2011 in Florence - ORT (Orchestra Regionale della Toscana)
Tropfen (2015)
for orchestra
[2,1,2,1,0 – 2,1 – 3 perc – 6,5,4,3,2]
duration: about 22’
World premiere Brandenburger Theater, 2018 - Brandenburger Symphoniker, Dir. Errico Fresis
Tropfen II (2019)
for orchestra
[3,2,2,2,2 – 2,2 – 3 perc – harp – 12,10,8,6,4]
duration: about 15’
Ridondanze, ridondanze (1992)
for reciting voice and amplified guitar to text by Andrea Zanzotto
duration: about 12’
Chiù (1994)
for contralto and two sopranos (or for children’s voices) to text by Umberto Saba
duration: about 7’
1st Prize at the National Composition Competition “Castello di Belveglio” 1994
Lallen (2002)
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor, tenor, barytone and bass
duration: about 8’
Stanza immaginata o intravista (2003)
for soprano and piano to text by Andrea Zanzotto
duration: about 5’
Allacciamento (2007)
for reciting voice, flute, cello, percussion
duration: about 5’
...non coprire il mio sangue (2009)
for choir (on a text by "Job" from the Old Testament)
duration: about 6’
Il respiro di Giona (2010)
for choir (on a text by "Jonah" from the Old Testament)
duration: about 5’
Preludios y Canciones (2017)
tribute to F.G. Lorca
for female voice and guitar
duration: about 55'00"
Effusion musicales (1996)
3 vocal compositions by G.Rossini
for soprano, tenor, alto male voice and orchestra [1,1,1,1,1 – perc – 5,4,3,2,1]
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La pastorella delle alpi (…e la mucca pazza) for soprano and orchestra
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L’orgia (…di un avvinazzato libidinoso) for tenor and orchestra
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Duetto buffo di due gatti (…e un percussionista assonnato) for soprano, contralto (also male) voice (or tenor in falsetto) and orchestra
duration: about 12’30”
Il giuramento (1997)
Notturno for chamber orchestra [1,1,1,1,1 – timp – 8,7,6,4,2] to a vocal composition by G.Donizetti
duration: about 4’
publisher: Ed. Ricordi
La bambola (2013)
For four percussionist and a double bass (without voice)
from the homonymous song by Patty Pravo
duration: about 5’
In-abstracto complexu: (l’)attività della musica (1998)
for 2 pianos and 8 hands
duration: about 12’
publisher: Ed. Rugginenti
1st Prize at the International Composition Competition “Città di Pavia” 1999
In-divenire ulteriore (1999)
for violin (optional), percussion (1 player) and 2 pianos
duration: about 8’
1st Prize at the International Composition Competition "Àlice Bel Colle" (AT) 2005
A-più-menti (2000)
for violin, horn, trombone, two pianos and reciting voice (text by Paolo Ferrari)
duration: about 10’