Andrea Dieci, Fiona Robertson, Cecilio Perera, Miriam Paschetta - Strings of an Imaginary Theatre (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. A riveder le stelle
02. That Ebb and Flow by the Moon
03. Arlequín con espejo
04. Youth
05. Mosaico
06. 7 Memories: No. 1, Is Someone Far Away Singing?
07. 7 Memories: No. 2, During Rush-Hour
08. 7 Memories: No. 3, A Lovely, Unforgettable Person
09. 7 Memories: No. 4, A Very Unpleasent Person I Met
10. 7 Memories: No. 5, An Old Tale
11. 7 Memories: No. 6, Per Davide
12. 7 Memories: No. 7, Il vestito dell'avvenire
13. Strings of an Imaginary Theatre
All the works on this CD share a constant feature: the musical “gesture”, which is at the origin of each piece. This “gesture” may appear in several ways. It may be brief and concise as in the opening of “ …a riveder le stelle “, or more complex and extensive as in the beginning of “Mosaico.” In all cases, however, the “gesture” creates a “figure” and a “situation” that sets off a process of transformation. As in a theatrical scene, even a short one, the instrument is like a character who acts through this or that “ges-ture”, expressing speech through articulated transforming figures. Just like a monologue or, in other cases, like a dialogue. A guitar, a violin, a harp or a cello are not just musical instruments. They are “characters” with their own per-sonality and a story to tell. Further more, each piece is a story where several situations occur and memories from the past return.

“Narration” is another basic element of my way of composing. It can take different routes reaching different destinations. The last part of “Youth”, written for harp, rediscovers the vague memory of a 70s song that I loved when I was a teenager. The end of “… a riveder le stelle” and “Mosaico” are concluding moments of a journey where many things had happened and where now, looking back, we can understand the sense of them and the sense of the journey itself. At no point, are the direction and the destination set at the beginning. They are “found” along the way, for what is important is the journey. - Simone Fontanelli

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