Renzo Piano Suite for Orchestra (Book 2)
Year 1998
This orchestral suite, forming Book 2, uses selections from the film Renzo Piano: piece by piece. The music was awarded 'Best music for a documentary film' by the Australian Guild of Screen Composers in 1999.
Book 1 consists of selections from the film for chamber ensemble. Book 2 consist of the following seven works:
Brancusi Musieum, Paris.
(Piano and orchestra)
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Padre Pio Pilgramage Cathedral, Italy
(Sampled acoustic instruments combined
with chamber ensemble)
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Menil Gallery, Houston, Texas (1982)
(Chamber musicians combined with MIDI)
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin post WW2.
(String orchestra)
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Potsdamer Platz, rejuvenated (1992-2000)
(draft MIDI version)
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Bari Stadium, Italy
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Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Turin, Italy
(Chamber musicians combined with MIDI))
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A performance of Books 1 and 2 can be done in which the movements from Book 1 are interspersed between the movements of Book 2
Contact the composer for a copy of main score and parts.