Woodwind Ensemble Flute - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.876565
Composed by Daniel Cueto. Contemporary. 94 pages. Daniel Cueto #3500547. Published by Daniel Cueto (A0.876565).
DUE CANTI, for 25 flutes, draws inspiration mainly from Dante AligheriĀ“s well-known narrative poem La Divina Comedia. The piece consists of two contrasting movements: Inferno and Paradiso.
IĀ“ve tried to paint with sounds some of the vivid images that appear in the work. Inferno, a world of chaos and despair, is a vibrant cacophony consisting of an insistent, mechanical ostinato, dissonant counterpoints and frullato cries in the upper registers of all flutes.
Paradiso, a place of order and sensual delight, features shiny open fifths in the medium-high register, a theme in long notes which is symmetrical in design (as to represent God-like perfection and balance), as well as long, lyrical solos for the first flute and the bass flute.
A secondary source of inspiration for the piece was the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by the great Hieronymus Bosch.