PROGRAM NOTES
In 1992, a 19 year old Italian musician, Nicola Martino, committed
suicide while serving in the army. A group of his friends decided
not to let grief take over, and raised funds so that an orchestral
work could be commissioned and dedicated to his memory. The Centro
Europeo di Toscolano sponsorized the project, and "A un
Amico Sconosciuto" ("To an Unknown Friend") is
the result. In the various sections of this one movement work
I tried to evoke, albeit obviously filtered through my own emotions,
the different moods that must have gone through Nicola's young
mind and culminated in the final irreversible tragedy.
PROGRAMMA DI SALA
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