`MOTTETTI DI MONTALE' IS FOUR-BOOK HARMONY FOR COLLAGE, HARBISON

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 31, 2000| Author: Richard Dyer, Globe Staff | Copyright information

John Harbison composed "Mottetti di Montale" in 1980, but has had few opportunities to hear this great work. His setting of 20 poems by Eugenio Montale for voice and piano lasts nearly an hour, which makes it difficult to program, especially in an era when there isn't much demand for serious vocal recitals (as opposed to appearances by divas). Starting in 1990, Harbison began to orchestrate the cycle for singer and chamber ensemble - first came "Due Libri," the last two books; then "La Primav...

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