Soloist: Severus, Julia

Composer: Albanesi, Carlo

6 Fogli d'Album (6 Album Leaves), Op. 13

Date of Concert: 2023

Playing Time: 00:13:46

Catalogue Number: GVF1418

UPC: 730099641814

Carlo Albanesi dedicated his Six Album Leaves, published in 1876, to his teacher Sabino Falcone (1845-1886), a composer of sacred and chamber music works. The Album Leaves are written as miniatures, mostly of a lyrical nature.

The prelude-like first album leaf Trattenimento (Conversation) in G minor features Baroque allusions such as a theme in canon form and an organ point.

Ruscelletto (Little Stream) in G major imitates the splashing and sparkling of water and retains the rhythmic motif of the theme, an inverted dotting over a quaver movement in the bass, for almost the entire piece.

Like the opening piece, the Romanza in E minor is characterized by imitations of the voices and is elegiac in tone. The main motif is used canon-like in the middle section and initiates a dialogue between the two voices.

The theme of the Novelletta in B flat major is slightly reminiscent of Schubert's Impromptu in the same key. The ornamentation of the melody with arpeggios and passagework contribute to its light-hearted and joyful character.

Also in B flat major is the Allegramente, whose dance-like, humorous character is reflected in the use of many staccatos, leaps, chains of thirds, chromaticism and motif changes between the different voices.

In the concluding Meditazione in A minor, the theme''s syncopations emphasize its melancholic, hesitant tone, which only lightens up briefly in the middle section.