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PONTASSIEVE | A MUSICAL MAP

In the "a musical map" project the NovAntiqua artists make you discover attractive sites in Pontassieve, a small town located in the countryside near Florence.

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Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Figment IV (2007)
Francesca Piccioni, viola

Recorded at Villa di Grignano, Pontassieve

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VILLA DI GRIGNANO

The villa of Grignano was built by the Marquises Gondi in the middle of a vast estate that stretched from the Sieve river into the hills upstream of the town of Pontassieve, on the ruins of what was at first an ancient Roman fort and then in medieval times the Castle of Vico.
In the eighteenth century the building was extensively remodelled assuming the features that we can admire today. The core of the Grignano estate is composed of the villa, whose façade on the southern side is characterized by the impressive clock. The Villa is the center of the farm, focused on wine and extra virgin olive oil.

https://www.grignanowinery.com

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ELLIOTT CARTER

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (1908-2012) was one of the most respected American composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism" into a distinctive style with a personal harmonic and rhythmic language.
Similar to the Italian Luciano Berio with his Sequenzas, Elliott Carter modelled an own musical shape for solo instrument, which he named Figments.
Here the complete list of his Figments:

Figment for cello (1994)
Figment II (Remembering Mr. Ives) for cello (2001)
Figment III for contrabass (2007)
Figment IV for viola (2007)
Figment V for marimba (2009)
Figment VI for oboe (2011)

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FRANCESCA PICCIONI

Francesca Piccioni, violist of Quartetto Lyskamm and Schallfeld Ensemble, teacher at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and member of Spira mirabilis project, is a NovAntiqua artist.
Here the recording by NovAntiqua with Quartetto Lyskamm including Francesca Piccioni:
NA50 | Bartók | String Quartets IV & VI

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SPECIAL THANKS

"A Musical Map" is a project by NovAntiqua and Comune di Pontassieve.
Video maker: Giacomo De Bastiani.

Special thanks to Giotto in Musica, MAR Musica Arte Ricerca, Publiacqua.