Luciano Berio, Sequenza XI - Andrea Monarda, guitar

Executive Producer, Directed by: Altreforme
Guitar made by Fabio Schmidt
Rec production,editing,mix&mastering: R. Campajola - M. Bertodo
Recorded in October 2013 in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy

[@jeffreycollins7297]

Bro your technique is tremendous in this. Seeing the visuals really helped pull me in. Being a guitarist I can appreciate all the time that went into this. You really put your heart and soul into this and it shows. Congrats!

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks a lot!

[@Pera9192]

Grandissimo Andrea!...sei cresciuto tantissimo sotto molti aspetti!... Stima profonda! Carlo

[@lippolis1994]

Magnifico! Raramente si vede una simile unione di arti apparentemente inconciliabili tra loro. Grazie di questo immenso lavoro! :) apri la strada a tanti altri che vorranno intraprenderla.

[@messensimineur6037]

La perfection esthétique de la vidéo de par ses décors et ses éclairages,ses multi-montages, sans oublier le très haut niveau technique de l'interprète, ne parviennent hélas pas à compenser la laideur incommensurable de cette oeuvre.

[@johnplunkett]

This is a terrific performance Andrea! Absolutely loved it. I think with this piece Berio really figured out how to write *guitar* music.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks a lot John!

[@sebastianbirch8856]

Bravissimo non sole nell'esecuzione ma anche nella creazione di un video magistrale.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Ti ringrazio infinitamente

[@PeteBeat]

Love the performance, plus how it was shot. Thanks for uploading.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks!!!

[@64carlo]

grande andrea! orgoglio italiano, con immutato affetto un abbraccio da Matrix! C+

[@btwilks]

Many thanks for that performance, sir. I had almost accidentally followed a link to this video intending just to sample it - but I could not leave and have now just finished listening to the whole piece. It's a technical tour de force, certainly but a lot of humanity too (that whole, achingly sad last 5 minutes). I am slowly working my way through all of Berio's Sequenza pieces (as I'm now 64 I think I need to hurry maybe?) and so far this and number V seem the most obviously 'human' ... knowing the background story of Grock, that sigh of 'Warum' from the trombonist in V always evokes a hundred different reactions in me every time I hear it. Anyway, just wanted to thank you for the time in trouble in learning the piece, playing it, having it recorded in an incredible video and sharing it with us. Very best wishes, Brian.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks for your kind comment! Yes, this piece aims to a complete knowledge of the instrument (as regards technique, gesture and phrasing)..An extensive literature exists about all Sequenzas, in which the authors show the connections among Berio and the instrumentalists he chose to dedicate his masterpieces... Thanks again! :)

[@francescoanastasio2021]

Andrea Monarda good afternoon Andrea, I've just discovered Berio's sequenzas and I'd like to know more about ; can you give me some references about this "extensive literature" you're talking about? Thank you very much.

[@seraph127]

A fascinating piece, masterfully played.

[@AndreaMonarda]

thanks a lot!

[@xaxdid]

Absolutely wonderful performance!

[@AndreaMonarda]

+Diar DZ Thanks a lot!

[@Guitareben]

Really amazing!

[@jhg12989]

Wow, amazing!

[@davidederosa64]

Esecuzione musicale registrazione del suono video regia location luci tutto molto bello e suggestivo.E un grazie anche al maestro Berio.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Grazie! ❤️

[@AndreaMonarda]

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[@alejandronieto576]

Gran video.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Grazie mille!! Sono contento che ti piaccia

[@rohamsaberi3589]

awsome

[@pav689]

Bellissimo!

[@AndreaMonarda]

Grazie! ❤️

[@ArtiomGaluza]

BRAWO!!!

[@AndreaMonarda]

Artiom Haluza Thanks! I am delighted:) :)

[@a.r.moyapapitawaira7369]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ArielGuitars]

great!!!

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks!!!

[@TheGuitarardizio]

Eccellente

[@juanuliarte6674]

Genial.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Thanks!!

[@azathothic]

It pulls you in

[@messensimineur6037]

The composer is very famous so this sumptuous shit is necessarily sacred without possible dispute.

[@GoofyDawg]

I am absolutely NOT a fan of dissonant music like this. But the technique to express this particular piece is incredible. Plus, as the player, in order to play something like effectively, you have to stop thinking in terms of traditional intervals that you'd find in melodic music. For me, that alone would be something that would be extremely difficult to overcome. That said, Stanley Kubrick could've used this piece in "Eyes Wide Shut." It's an incredibly disturbing piece and would've been the perfect "musical" backdrop for the movie. :)

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

Berio pretendió con esta pieza tramar un puente entre la guitarra flamenca y la clásica con la intención de romper el velo del templo y abrir horizontes ignorados [1]. Nuevos caminos para la guitarra que ya emprendiera Scelsi, pero que tanto cuestan transitar. Puede que un día, aún por llegar… [1]«Il dialogo tra le due dimensioni armoniche da una parte e tra quelle tecniche e gestuali dall’altra avviene attraverso processi di scambio e di trasformazione continua di caratteri specifici e figure chiaramente riconoscibili» (Luciano Berio) www.lucianoberio.org/node/1485?1850935849=1

[@macrobbair]

I really liked it and never knew that it existed - where can I get the music?

[@AndreaMonarda]

It is a milestone of the XX century repertoire 😀 and its score can be found on the following link www.universaledition.com/Sequenza-XI-Luciano-Berio/composers-and-works/composer/54/work/4610 Thanks for your comment and all the best!

[@macrobbair]

Andrea Monarda no money for buying music perhaps sometime later, are you interested in trying some of mine?

[@AndreaMonarda]

Mark Roberts Sure! :) With pleasure :)

[@macrobbair]

Andrea Monarda I can post about ten hours of sibelius 2 files, all of which involve the guitar in some way....

[@jbongiov]

Très très très fort. Guitariste génial. Mais alors, qu'est que c'est laid ! Je dirais même épouvantable. Véritable calvaire pour mes oreilles. Bon, je sais pas faire, hein, mais franchement ça ne me manque pas.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Merci pour le commentaire! En tant que interprète ou compositeur, chacun (Berio compris) exprime son idée par ses propres convictions musicales et par son style

[@jbongiov]

Ah mais je respecte tout ça, bien sûr ! Mais il se trouve que ces œuvres ne me procurent aucune émotion. Je suis admiratif de la virtuosité qu'est la vôtre et je pourrais avouer que j'en suis jaloux, mais la virtuosité en tant que telle ne m'intéresse pas. Mes goûts sont beaucoup plus simples et les frissons de plaisirs ne me sont donnés que par les harmonies qui me caressent les oreilles ce qui n'est ici malheureusement pas le cas. Mais je comprends parfaitement que vous puissiez en tant qu'interprète, prendre votre...pied à jouer cette musique qui pour moi n'en est pas. Il est vrai qu'on pourrait qualifier mon commentaire de "simpliste" parce que je ne cherche pas à "comprendre" l'oeuvre, mais à l'instar de...je ne sais plus qui...Eric Emmanuel Schmitt je crois, je pense que la discussion sur l'oeuvre a pris maintenant plus d'importance que l'oeuvre elle-même. En tout cas, respect quand même, mais j'aime pas.

[@AndreaMonarda]

Comme je l'ai écrit, tout le monde est libre d'exprimer son opinion, il ne faut pas juger de la qualité de le goût de chacun, mais de connaître les vues de tous ;)

[@NitramZiarreh]

Fantastic performance, but you should really fix the sync between the audio and video... after about a minute I just gave up on the video, minimized the window and listened to the music alone. Which is a shame because the video seemed nice too.

[@milkyroad9593]

how can people like this? does it come over the time? for me is absolutely horrible after 2 seconds. horible, absolutely horible. like a stupid my non guitarist cousin playing to annoy me

[@AndreaMonarda]

+milky road After 2 seconds recording still did not start :)

[@milkyroad9593]

+Andrea Monarda I mean after two seconds when it starts to be going louder. how did you start to like this kind of music?

[@melekcrescent]

+milky road It is intentionally dissonant, it is telling a very strange and chaotic story. To me the piece sounds like anxiety, discord, paranoia sometimes, mania. I do not find it beautiful in any standard way, and I bet most people feel as you do - that it sounds horrible. This is definitely not pop music! On the other hand, imagine it paired with a very expressive dancer, or during a tense or scary part in a film. Some people may enjoy the dissonance; it is interesting, different, challenging. I am fascinated by it, find some parts enthralling, but do not like listening to it - it makes me a little anxious. Like looking at a very violent, strange sculpture.

[@franciscoesparza854]

Imagine that music is food. If you eat the same thing, every day, you will be tired of the exact same texture and flavour, you will search another kind of food with different taste. Is the same in music, is just another kind of music texture and flavour.

[@liammcooper]

It's like mountain climbing. Some people prefer idyllic nature walks along well-trodden paths, they're called hikers. Maybe some hikes involve a steep climb at the summit, like an intense symphonic piece, but for the most part they're simple linear paths. Then some people enjoy incredibly difficult and challenging climbs that involve lots of training, extreme techniques, and years of practice to even be able to consider accomplishing. It's difficult to know where to hold on and it's often not a simple way to the summit.

[@macleod41069]

At least there's no learning required, just make up any shite and pass it off as music !!! This is the pretentious rubbish that alienates people from classical music.

[@AndreaMonarda]

+macleod41069 Hope it is visible who is the composer of the piece and which contribution he gave to Music of XX century. He was known, and still he is, as Luciano Berio. He has been also known at Harvard University as "distinguished composer in residence". I do not believe Harvard gives this title to the first person or thing who make up any something and pass it off as a music.

[@macleod41069]

+Andrea Monarda Yeah I know it's Berio and I think his 'music' is a joke regardless of what university gives him honours.

[@thomaswieser5520]

+macleod41069 You sir, are a joke. Don´t judge music by your ignorance to understand it. This performance is not from this earth. I really enjoyed it! Congrats :)

[@macleod41069]

+Thomas Wieser gosh you must be so clever , if only I wasn't so ignorant I might be able to understand the clever music like you !

[@TomVirial]

+macleod41069 I see you have a problem, my friend. This surely isn't music for everyone's ears, but to call it "a joke" is disrespectful and shows how much you appreciate styles that aren't "yours". And that means you didn't get the idea of music in the first place: expression of emotions. You're welcome.