Stasis in Darkness. Then the Blue (2014)
for Orchestra
(2.2.2.2. – 2.2.0.0. – 2 Perc.: [Tp., Vibr., Glock., Crot., Cp., Tot., 2 Tt., 2 Ps., Gc., 2 Wbl., Guiro, Claves] – Ar. – A.: 8.6.4.4.2)
Duration: 14'
Commissioned by Orchestra della Toscana for the third edition of the festival PLAY IT!
Premiere: 27 March 2014, Florence; Orchestra della Toscana conducted by Carlo Rizzari.
The title comes from the first lines of the poem Ariel, one of the most controversial
texts by Sylvia Plath.
It speaks of a mad horse race: a metaphor for life itself, whose final goal is death. “Stasis in Darkness”:
a breath, followed by a lacerating wrench on the strings that opens a breach in the stillness of the
night, from which we gradually break away, to build one last great surge towards the light.
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