Macchine inutili

For six instruments (2015)

instrumentation

Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Piano, Drum set

duration

10 min.

commission

Sentieri Selvaggi

Seniteri Selvaggi
Zingiber
(Cantaloupe)

Francesco Antonioni’s “Macchine Inutili” (2007) begins with a Minimalist keyboard ostinato, around which strings and winds weave increasingly assertive themes. A drummer playing a trap set periodically leaps in with syncopations, but between these episodes the ostinato remains.

Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, April 1, 2009

performances

21 May 2007 [world premiere]
Milano, Teatro dell’Elfo.
Sentieri Selvaggi Ensemble.
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor

15 September 2007
MiTo Settembre Musica Festival
Milano, Teatro dell’Elfo
Sentieri Selvaggi
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor
[Rai Radio3 broadcast]

14 October 2008
Venezia, Centro culturale Candiani
Sentieri Selvaggi
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor
[Radio Broadcast Rai Radio3, 9 Apr. 2017]

31 March 2009 [USA premiere]
MATA Festival
New York, Le Poisson Rouge
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor

2 May 2009
Ithaca (NY), Cornell University
Cornell University Chamber Ensemble
Chris Kim, conductor

27 July 2009
Cantiere internazionale d’arte.
Montepulciano, Cripta di S. Gesù.
Algoritmo Ensemble
Marco Angius, conductor.

19 January 2010
Bari, Kursaal Santa Lucia.
Collegium Musicum ensemble.
Rino Marrone, conductor.

11 February 2011
Koiné festival – Pomeriggi Musicali.
Milano, Teatro dal Verme.
Sentieri Selvaggi ensemble.
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor

22 November 2012
In scena Festival
Torino, Teatro Vittoria.
Fiarì Ensemble.
Marilena Solavagione, conductor

21 August 2013 [UK Premiere]
Dartington International Summer School. Dartington chamber players.
Francesco Antonioni, conductor.

22 May 2014
Roma, Sala Puccini.
Roma Sinfonietta ensemble.
Francesco Antonioni, conductor


22 October 2016 [German Premiere]
Liebe, Furcht und andere Dissonanzen
Bielefeld Opera.
Bielefeld Opera soloists.
Pawel Poplawski, conductor.
Simone Sandroni, choreography.

1 November 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

6 November 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

10 November 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

4 December 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

14 December 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

16 December 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

20 December 2016
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

8 January 2017
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

13 January 2017
Bielefeld Opera (see above)

23 February 2017
Bielefeld Opera (see above)


11 June 2020
Online performance
Sentieri Selvaggi ensemble
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor

29 May 2022
Firenze, Museo Galileo
Ensemble «Luigi Cherubini»
Francesco Antonioni, conductor

11 December 2022
Ferrara, Teatro Comunale
Istantanea Ensemble
Tommaso Ussardi, conductor

12 December 2022
Bologna, Mercato Sonato
Istantanea Ensemble
Tommaso Ussardi, conductor