La Serenissima - Stephen Goss

Max Baillie - solo violin
The Asaka String Quartet

'La Serenissima' is an adagio for solo violin and strings that evokes Venice in the time of
Marco Polo (1254–1324). It is adapted from the first movement of 'Invisible Cities' (2017), a concerto for
violin, guitar, strings, and percussion, based on Italo Calvino’s novel.

“Memory’s images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.” Italo Calvino

Recorded on 'Landscape and Memory', Deux-Elles DXL 1202 © 2024

'La Serenissima' and 'Invisible Cities' were commissioned by Nicolò Spera with funds from the
University of Colorado. The first performance of 'Invisible Cities' was given by the Boulder
Philharmonic Orchestra at the Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO, USA, on 22nd April 2017.
The soloists were Nicolò Spera and Charles Wetherbee and the conductor was Michael
Butterman.

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