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)
Padre Pio Pilgramage Cathedral, Italy
(Sampled acoustic instruments combined
with chamber ensemble)
Menil Gallery, Houston, Texas (1982)
(Chamber musicians combined with MIDI)
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin post WW2.
(String orchestra)
Potsdamer Platz, rejuvenated (1992-2000)
(draft MIDI version)
Bari Stadium, Italy
Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Turin, Italy
(Chamber musicians combined with MIDI))
to be uploaded
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.