Paolo Marchettini’s list of works
Paolo Marchettini, composer| List of Works
Orchestral pieces:
1) Aere perEnnius (2018) | 2 oboe, 2 bassoon, 2 french horns, 2 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, and strings | premiere November 16, 2018, Teatro Palladium, Rome | Festival Nuova Consonanza | 13’
2) Questi vaghi concenti (2015) | flute, oboe, trumpet in c soli, and string orchestra | premiere April, 7, 2015 | Manhattan School of Music | 18’
3) The Months have ends (2014) | soprano solo and orchestra:2 flutes (alto);
2 oboes (english horn); 2 clarinets (bass clarinet); 2 bassoons; 2 french horns; 2 trumpets; 1 tenor trombone; timpani; percussions; piano (celesta); harp; strings | premiere Teatro Verdi, Florence, 27 March 2014 | 16’
4) Tre movimenti dalla Beltà (2014) | cello solo and chamber orchestra: 1 flute; 1 oboe; 1 clarinet (also bass); 1 bassoon; 1 french horn; 1 tenor trombone; percussion (1 player); strings | premiere 4 October 2014, | Orchestra della Fondazione del Teatro Lirico di Trieste; Nicola Fiorino, cello; Paolo Longo, conductor; Teatro Verdi, Trieste (Italy) | 15’
5) Notturno (2012) | orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 french horns; 3 trumpets; 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone; tuba; harp; celesta; percussions (3 performers); strings | premiered Borden Hall Manhattan School of Music, 2012 | 9’
6) Mercy (2012) | orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 french horns; 2 trumpets; percussions; timpani; strings | commissioned by Fondazione Orchestra della Toscana | premiered Teatro Verdi Florence, 2012 | 15’
7) Concertino (2011) | clarinet solo, strings, marimba and vibraphone | Raitrade ed. | premiered Biblioteca delle oblate, Florence (Italy), Orchestra Regionale Toscana, 2011 | 18’ (Raicom)
8) Far (2009) | concert band | premiered The Italian Army Band, American Academy, Rome (Italy) | 12’ (Raicom)
9) Serenata per tre angeli (2008) | string orchestra | Raitrade ed. | premiered Barattelli concerti, l’Aquila (Italy), 2008 | 8’ (Raicom)
10) Concerto per violino e orchestra (2004) violin solo; orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 french horns; 2 trumpets; 2 trombones; harp; percussions; timpani; strings | finalist Queen Elisabeth competition of Brussels, 2004 | 20’
11) Lullaby for L.B. (2004) | orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 french horns; 2 trumpets; tamtam; celesta; strings | premiered Teatro Savoia, Campobasso (Italy), 2004 | 5’
12) Rapsodia Modulare (2002) | orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 french horns; 2 trumpets; 2 trombones; percussions; timpani; strings | Raitrade ed.; cd Puncta Nova; Sofia Radio Symphony Orchestra | 6'
13) I Held a Jewel (2002) | choir and orchestra: 3 flutes + fl. in sol.; 3 oboes+ english horn; 3 clarinets+ bass clarinet; 3 bassoons +contrabassoon; 4 french horns; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; percussions; timpani; harp ; strings | 10’
14) Easter Wings (2001) | baritone and orchestra: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 french horns ; 2 trumpets; 2 trombones; harp; strings | premiered Sala accademica Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Italy), 2001 | 8’
15) Nomos (2001) | orchestra: 3 flutes + ott.; 3 oboes+ english horn; 3 clarinets+ bass clarinet; 3 bassoons +controbassoon; 4 french horns; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; percussions (2 performers); timpani; harp ; vibraphone; strings | 9’
Chamber pieces:
16) Quid (1999) | violin; clarinet | premiered Sala Casella, Rome (Italy), 1999 | 7’
17) Piccola serenata (1999) | mandolin; guitar; clarinet; celesta | premiered Sala Accademica del Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 1999 | 5’
18) Triplum (2001) | oboe; clarinet; french horn | Domani musica ed.; in cd Isole; Gruppo di Roma | 7’
19) Couple (2001) | flute, bass clarinet; violin ; cello | 7’
20) Mosaics (2001) | flute; clarinet ; violin | premiered Académie de Villecroze (France), 2001 |
8’
21) Musica per 15 (2002) | 2 piccolos; 1 clarinet in e b; 1 clarinet in b, 2 basset horns, celesta, harp, timpani, 4 violins, 2 double bass | 10’
22) Interferenze (2002) | clarinet and installations by Licia Galizia | premiered Castello Sforzesco l’Aquila, 2002 | 20’
23) Interferenze II (2002) | clarinet; piano | premiered Académie de Belles Arts, Barcelona (Spain), 2002 | 5’
24) Movimento I (2003) | string quartet | 8’
25) Del legno e del metallo (2003) | clarinet; trumpet; percussions | premiered Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Freon Ensemble, Rome, 2003 | 5’
26) D’un’anima forte (2004) | soprano solo; flute; clarinet; cello; percussions | premiered Accademia Chigiana, Siena (Italy) 2004 | 7’
27) Amintiri (2005) | bayan; flute; clarinet; violin; cello | 7’
28) Invenzione (2005) | bassoon; violin | premiered American Academy, Rome, 2005 | 7’
29) Il perduto giorno (2005) | soprano; piano | premiered American Academy, Rome, 2005 | 8’
30) Movimento II (2006) | string quartet | 7’
31) Insettario (2006) | actor; clarinet (bass clarinet) | premiered American Academy, Rome, 2005 | 12’
32) Entrée (2006) | bass clarinet | Raitrade ed. | premiered American Academy, Rome, 2006 | 6’
33) Nec Clari (2006) | 6 clarinets; basset horn; 2 clarinets | premiere Goethe institut Rome, 2006 | 8’
34) Nai (2006) | piccolo flute | 6’
35) Settimino (2003/2007) | flute; oboe; clarinet; violin; viola; cello; piano | Raitrade ed., in cd
Crossroads, Monèsis ensemble, VDM records | 7’
36) Visione in sette parti e un ritorno (2007) | piano | Raitrade ed. | premiered Austrian Institut, Rome, Michelangelo Carbonara, 2007 | 8’
37) Rito per tre (2007) | violin; cello; piano | premiered Teatro Savoia, Campobasso, 2007 | 7’
38) Siciliana (2007) | viola sola | recorded by Domenica Pugliese | 6’
39) Evoluzioni (2007) | flute; oboe; clarinet (bass clarinet); violin; viola; cello; double bass; piano; percussions | Raitrade ed., premiered Teatro Tese delle Vergini, Venice (Italy), Algoritmo Ensemble,Biennale of Venice, 2007 | 12’
40) Un’altra invenzione (2005) | flute; bass clarinet; trumpet; violin; viola; cello; piano; percussions | premiered Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 2005 | 7’
41) Sette miniature (2008) |flute; french horn; clarinet; 2 violins; viola; cello; double bass | Raitrade ed., premiered Auditorium Rai, Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti, Naples (Italy), 2008 |
12’
42) Da una stella (2008) | soprano; piano | 4’
43) Frammenti per l’Afghanistan (2009) | alto sax; bass clarinet; cello; piano; drums | Premiered
Greenfield hall Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2011 | 13’
44) Preludio e corrente (2009) | sax quartet (also version for clarinet quartet) | Raitrade ed. | 9’
45) Passacaglia (2009) | oboe; violin; viola; bassoon| premiered Mugham Center, Baku (Azerbaijan), 2012 | 6’
46) Dieci studi sull’alternanza, per giovani pianisti (2009) | piano | 13’
47) Three Sketches (2010) | | clarinetto | 4’40”
48) Prayer (2011) | clarinet | premiered Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2011| 5’
49) Tre Canti (2013) | violin | 20’
50) Sibilo (2011) | alto flute | premiered Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2012 | 6’
51) Septem vitia capitalia (2011) | string quartet| Manhattan Prize, premiered Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2011 | 23’
52) Il metallo e la sua ombra (2012) | 3 trumpets; 3 clarinets | 7 minutes 53) After great pain (2012) | soprano; piano | 5’
54) Brotherhood’s Journey (2013) | 3 percussions | premiered Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2013 | 20’
55) Il legno, il metallo e la pelle (2015) | clarinet; percussions | premiered Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome (Italy), 2015 | 8’
56) Son des mots (2015) | clarinet and soprano | premiere Ascoli Piceno (Italy), October 2015 | 5’
57) Trio in Four Movements (2015) | Violin; Clarinet; piano | premiere Michigan State University, January 14th 2016 | 20’
58) Elegy for the end of the year (2015) | for Trumpet in C | 4’
59) Fantasiestücke (2016) | for piano | premiered Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, April | 15’
8th 2016, Joo Yeon Park pianist |13’
60) Canto di strada (2016) | for electric guitar | premiere Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Venice), June 29th 2016, Giacomo Baldelli guitar | 9’
61) Movimenti diatonici (2016) | for bass renaissance flute in sol (or alto flute in sol), and piano | Commission from Dissonanzen, Naples, (Italy) | 9’
62) Quadri (2016) | for cello and flute | Commision from “piece of eight project” | 9’
63) Five pieces (2016) | for piano and ensemble | premiere Tactus Ensemble, December 4th 2016, National Sawdust, NY | 14’
64) Tratto (2016, revised in 2019) | for Sax alto | premiere Wonki Lee, Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music Faculty Recital, September 23rd 2019 | 8’
65) Preludio a un addio (2017) | for guitar | Commissioned by XXX Convegno di Chitarra, Goran Listes guitar, premiere at Teatro San Carlo di Modena (Italy), 10/14/2017 | 6’
66) Dialogo Nascosto (2017) | for violin and piano | premiere June 5th 2017, Milton court Concert Hall, Guildhall School (London), Rebecca Raimondi, violin, Alessandro Viale, piano | 7’
67) Quartet in one movement (2017) | for string quartet | 28’ 68”
68) 12 Preludi (2017) | for guitar | 45’
69) Falser (2018; revised 2020) | for piano | 40’
70) With thee conversing I forget all time (2018) | for soprano and double bass | Premiere Scholes Street Studio Brooklyn (New York) Confluss duo, May 6th 2018 | 10’
71) Solo (2018) | for accordion | Commissioned by Risuonanze Festival, Trieste (Italy) | 9 minutes 72) Wandering in New York (2018) | for two violins | 20’
73) Cantilena melanconica (2019) | for violin and piano | premiere Carnegie Hall (New York), Leonardo Moretti violin, Chantal Balestri, piano, November 6th 2019 | 4’
74) 24 Preludes and fugues (2019) | for piano or any keyboard instrument | 2 hours | Edizioni Curci
75) Suite (2020) | for cello solo | commissioned by Henry Cox, Michael Kunkel, and Ben Larsen | 20’
76) The Wonderer (2020) | for clarinet and piano | 8’
77) Nel lago, l’ora, la notte (2020) | for soprano solo | 5’
78) Cinque fanfare napoletane (2020) | for three clarinets | 7’25”
79) Duetto (2020) | for violin and cello | 7’
80) Music of color (2020) | for clarinet ensemble | 3’15”
81) Motto (2021) | for ensemble | 10’
82) Two songs from Schumann (2021) | for soprano and ensemble | 6 minutes
83) Modi di sentire (2022) | for voices and ensemble | Premiere at Manhattan School of Music May 5th 2022 | 30’
84) Armoniosi accenti (2022) | for 13 players | commissioned by Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano | 13 minutes
85) In memoriam Richard Benson (2022) | for electric guitar, three alto saxophones, electric bass, and percussion | 1 minute
86) Cinque oracoli (2022) | for solo clarinet | 8’
87) Epitaffio (2022) | for clarinet quartet | 3’30”
88) Due canti (2022) | for three clarinets | 3’30”
89) In landlessness (2023) | for percussion septet | premiere at Neidorff-Karpati Hall, Manhattan school of music, April 7th 2024 | 25’
90) Da un accordo (2024) | for saxophone quartet | commissioned by the Furano Saxophone
Quartet | 7’
91) Overlapping Dances (2024) | for choir and ensemble | premiere on June 6th 2024, Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music | 4’30”
92) Dialogo a Due (2024) | for violin and electric guitar | 7’
93) Stati d’animo (2024) | for piano | commissioned by the SIMC Autumn Festival 2024 | 6’
94) Intermezzo (2024) | for string orchestra | 9’30”
95) Light Again (2024) | for Percussion, Electric Bass, and DJ | Commissioned by MSM Percussion Ensemble | Premiere April 6th 2025 Ades Hall, Manhattan School of Music | 23’
96) Serenata quasi uno scherzo (2025) | for clarinet, viola and piano | Commissioned by the Trio Fanny | Premiere March 9th 2025| 9’
97) Three songs from James Joyce (2025) for tenor and piano | 7’ 40”
Choral works
98) Quattro mottetti (2014) | for five parts mixed choir | 15’
99) Lavabo inter innocents (2014; 1’20’’) | for three, or four parts choir | premiered Bay Ridge Christ Church, New York 2014| 4’
100) Terra tremuit (2018) | for four parts choir | 3’
101) Three Latin Proverbs (2020) | for three male voices | 2’
102) Modi di sentire (2022) | for oboe, trumpet in c, trombone, violin, viola, 4 cello, percussion (vibraphone, tambourine), choir | Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, New York May 5th, 2022 | 33’
103) Ave Maria (2022) | for four parts choir | premiered at the Church of Notre Dame, New York, December 24th 2022 | 3’
104) Missa “Out Of The Hills” (2023) | for mixed choir | 30’
105) Through His Spirit (2024) | for clarinet and choir | premiered on June 2nd 2024, James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary, Emmanuel Church Choir, Paolo Marchettini, clarinet New York | 5’
Musical Theatre
106) L’Aggiustafavole (2009) | Favola Musicale in one act, on original libretto by Elio Pecora | soprano; tenor; baritone; clarinet; tenor trombone; violin; cello; pianoforte | premiere Nuova Consonanza Festival, American Academy, Rome, 2014 | 50’
107) La beltà c’aspiro (2011) Cantata on poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti | baritone; cello solo; flute; clarinet (bass clarinet); French horn; piano; string quartet; percussions (also version for baritone, piano and cello) | premiered Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2012 | 29’