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    La Serenissima

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    La Serenissima

    2022 | 5 mins | for violin and strings

    La Serenissima is an Adagio for solo violin and strings that evokes Venice at the time of Marco Polo. It is adapted from the first movement of Invisible Cities (2017), a concerto for violin, guitar, strings, and percussion, based on Italo Calvino’s novel.

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    “‘Memory’s images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.’ Italo Calvino

    Invisible Cities was commissioned by Nicolò Spera with funds from the University of Colorado. The first performance was given by the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra at the Macky Auditorium, Boulder, on 22nd April 2017. The soloists were Nicolò Spera and Charles Wetherbee and the conductor was Michael Butterman. Published by Doberman-Yppan. Recorded by Max Baillie and the Asaka Quartet on Landscape and Memory, Deux-Elles (DXL 1202© 2024)