Works for voice, piano, and electronics
by Berio, Casella, Dallapiccola, DiScipio, Maderna, Nono, and Scelsi
Stacey Mastrian, soprano
Erik Lawrence, piano
Rodney DuPlessis, sound engineer
This concert marks significant anniversaries of multiple major Italian composers. The program features Berio's influential Sequenza III for female voice, employing a wide range of vocal techniques to evoke impassioned emotions; Nono's revolutionary protest work La fabbrica illuminata for soprano and tape, a spectacular and gripping depiction of harsh factory conditions and their effect on human life; and the California premiere of Agostino DiScipio's (untitled 2011), a starkly captivating sonic landscape for voice intermingling with electronics.