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attracted by the biwa because of its foreignness as well as its aggressiveness, due
to its origin as a war instrument. In Più Mesto Forlivesi gives this expression over
to the solo cello.
Figure 20: Benjamin Carat performing Carlo Forlivesi’s Più Mesto for 2-bow
cello2
(Photo: Mickaël Grefferat)
A very dramatic effect is achieved by a sudden intake of breath “as though
choked” (bar 11) and the jerky lifting of the left arm with left bow up to the chin.
The bow arm is quasi strangling the cellist before he starts scuttling down the
fingerboard while exhaling.
Gesa Biffio: Synchronisation (2004)
Synchronisation was composed in 2004 for the art festival “Arte è Vita”, which
supported Potsdam’s candidature for the title of “European Capital of Culture”.
The first performance took place on May 21, 2005 at Waschhaus (former wash
house of the garrison and since 1993 a centre of culture) on Schiffbauergasse in
Potsdam. Due to the acoustical and visual features of the wash house as an early
2 With permission of Forlivesi 9.4.2008
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attracted by the biwa because of its foreignness as well as its aggressiveness, due
to its origin as a war instrument. In Più Mesto Forlivesi gives this expression over
to the solo cello.
Figure 20: Benjamin Carat performing Carlo Forlivesi’s Più Mesto for 2-bow
cello2
(Photo: Mickaël Grefferat)
A very dramatic effect is achieved by a sudden intake of breath “as though
choked” (bar 11) and the jerky lifting of the left arm with left bow up to the chin.
The bow arm is quasi strangling the cellist before he starts scuttling down the
fingerboard while exhaling.
Gesa Biffio: Synchronisation (2004)
Synchronisation was composed in 2004 for the art festival “Arte è Vita”, which
supported Potsdam’s candidature for the title of “European Capital of Culture”.
The first performance took place on May 21, 2005 at Waschhaus (former wash
house of the garrison and since 1993 a centre of culture) on Schiffbauergasse in
Potsdam. Due to the acoustical and visual features of the wash house as an early
2 With permission of Forlivesi 9.4.2008
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