The title literally means “Apparition of Franz Schubert between the waves”. It’s a poetical and evocative piece. The accordions create an acoustic landscape from which short distant delicate glimpses of melodies timidly emerge until the final, an homage to the great Austrian composer.
Mario Pagliarani (*1963, ITA): Apparizione di Franz Schubert fra le onde, for two accordions, shelves and tape (1997)
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