Fire in Venice.
In 1996 the Venetian opera house La Fenice burned to the ground. Only the outer walls were spared. The Dutch composer Richard Rijnvos, who has a great fondness for the famous Italian city, captured this tragic incident in his orchestral work Fuoco e fumo (fire and smoke).
The Venice-born Luigi Nono (1924–1990, photo) was one of the leading representatives of twentieth-century modernism. His late works in particular are deeply moving, as they reflect a disillusionment with the revolutionary ideals of the past, and the music wrestles with silence.
Playlist
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Richard Rijnvos – Fuoco e fumo
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniel Harding, conductor -
Luigi Nono – No hay caminos, hay que caminar
SWF Symphony Orchestra / Michael Gielen, conductor -
Luigi Nono – ‘Hay que caminar’ soñando
Irvine Arditti, violin / Graeme Jennings, violin
