Instrumentation

2 picc.0.1.ca.cl.bcl.cbcl.bsax.2 cbsn - 2110 - perc(3): glsp/xyl/mar/BD/cabasa/cast/Chinese.cym/crot/glass bottles/guiro/hi-hat cym/large tin/metal bar/piece of wood/siz.cym/snare drum/susp.cym/tamb/tom-t/tgl/tuned gong - hpschd (synth) - pno - 6 vlc.2 db

Availability

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Programme Notes

In this work for piano and orchestra I tried to evoke my concerns and social preoccupations in a sonic environment. The main material of the work is a Spanish folk dance, specifically a Zortziko, but this is fragmented, rarely appearing on the surface of the piece. The work begins with a ruthless energy, half bewildered, evoking the current social leader, but the mass following this hero soon finds itself immersed in existential uncertainty. The superficial and deep merge into the same space creating something old and deformed that in the end acquires energy by structural cohesion, and the different motives present themselves in an almost dreamlike way. Thus the pianist takes on the role of a leader in what could be a modern mass culture, rather than soloistic character traditionally associated with the concerto form. The piece has an open ending. This doesn’t give answers, it only poses questions, and says ‘I’m not saying nothing.’

Francisco Coll

Piano Concertino

Snape Maltings Concert Hall (Snape, Suffolk, United Kingdom)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Hodges/Thomas Adès

Piano Concertino

Symphony Hall (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Nicholas Hodges/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès

Piano Concertino

Palau de la Música (Valencia, Spain)

Nicolas Hodges/Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana/Manuel Galduf

Piano Concertino

No Venue (Úbeda, Spain)

Nicolas Hodges/Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana/Manuel Galduf

Piano Concertino

Auditorio Conservatorio Internacional de Música (Torrevieja, Spain)

Nicolas Hodges/Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana/Manuel Galduf