I: Strada costiera,
baracche e lampioni
SKU: HL.50603656
For Flute and
Piano. Composed by
Nino Rota. Arranged by C.
Tabarelli. Woodwind Solo.
Softcover. Ricordi
#NR142172. Published by
Ricordi (HL.50603656).
ISBN 9781705127773.
UPC:
840126952230.
This
work is a reworking of
the music written by Nino
Rota for the film of the
same name by Federico
Fellini, Oscar winner in
1957. In 1967 Rota
composed the music for
the ballet La strada for
the Teatro alla Scala, in
collaboration with the
choreographer Mario
Pistoni, where Carla
Fracci was expected to
play the role of
Gelsomina. This show has
always remained alive in
my memory since in those
years I began the
profession of flutist at
La Scala, where I also
had the opportunity to
perform ballet. The
transcription traces the
salient moments of the
plot, highlighted by the
captions taken from the
original score. Free of
virtuosity, so
appreciated by the
flutists, it is conceived
with the intention of
restoring the
dramaturgical tension of
the Fellini-Rota
masterpiece. (C.
Tabarelli).