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Francisco Loreto
SoNotas
for tuba and piano
- Level: intermediate / advanced
- Duration: 7'30
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Portuguese Composers Series
- Composed: 2005
Reference: TU111
CHF20.00
Details
- Published: 2006
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Audio samples
Sonotas
Composer
Francisco Loreto (*1974)
Francisco Loreto was born in Ponta do Sol, on Madeira Island in Portugal. Since 1998, he teaches analysis, composition techniques, acoustics and clarinet at the Conservatory of Music – Madeira Scho... Read moreAbout SoNotas
The title of this piece can be viewed from two perspectives. On the one hand, it is a sort of play on words on the term sonata, in that the formal structure of this piece follows the same line in the 3 movements (fast – slow – fast) characteristic of the sonata form.
On the other hand, SoNotas, in my interpretation, means that a musical piece is an expression of the human experience around the physical object called sound. In the Portuguese language, separating the word SoNotas leaves us with the expression «só notas», only notes, notes alone.
Let us not speak of technical questions and details and instead concentrate on the «sonic matter», in this case as produced by the tuba and the piano, which we know as music.
Francisco Loreto
Performances
July 20, 2023 | 4th International Lieksa Brass Week Tuba Competition | Lieksa, Finland. Competitors of the competition.