Carnival 2, 2020
The piece was written for pianist Reinier van Houdt.
La Centrale, Saturday, September 13, 7 p.m.
Here, Alessandro Bosetti proposes a radical rewriting of Carnaval, a piece composed by Robert Schumann between 1834 and 1835, each of whose 21 episodes was dedicated to a commedia dell'arte mask or a hidden portrait of the musician's friends and colleagues. Bosetti's version preserves the structure but introduces new, enigmatic masks, interspersed with electro-acoustic paraventi, sound curtains that allow the pianist to adopt a new identity each time.
Carnaval 2 is released on vinyl on three:four records to coincide with the concert at the Biennale Son.
Photo: Cover
Drawing: Hippolyte Hentgen, Les Enfants de Septembre (2012) after Michael Grater, Paper Faces (1968)
Design: Lionel Catelan
three:four records, 2025
