Di Vivere
Chester Biscardi
About this work:
Di Vivere, for clarinet in A and piano with flute, violin and violoncello (1981)
Published by C. F. Peters: Score: Edition Peters No. P66995; Set of Parts: Edition Peters No. P66995a
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players under a National Endowment for the Arts Composer/Librettist Grant, 1980-1981 Dedicated to David Olan
Di Vivere, although self-contained, continues a music of contrasting sonorities found in Mestiere, for piano (1979), and completes the title Cesare Pavese’s collected journals, Il mestiere di vivere, The Business of Living. In a single movement it explores both the inward and outward directed music of the clarinet and piano, heightened and further exteriorized by the coloration of a trio of flute, violin and ‘cello. Whearas Mestiere is what one is and does, what is integral to one’s life and work, Di Vivere suggests the fluctuating intensities of being alive.
The work is structured in such a way that it could be performed as simply a duet for clarinet and piano.
The quintet, the duet or the piano solo may be performed individually or in one of the following combinations:
I. Di Vivere duet and quintet
II. Mestiere and Di Vivere duet and quintet
III. Mestiere and Di Vivere quintet
IV. Mestiere and Di Vivere duet
Version: quintet version
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:08:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Clarinet, 1 Piano, 1 Violin, 1 Cello
Instrumentation notes: Clarinet in A