MARIA GABRIELLA ZEN

Sonetto contra la moglie
(1979)

text: Francesco Berni
for: four equal voices choir 
duration: about 5' 
(sent -vainly- to the 6th "Guido d'Arezzo" International Competition Contest)
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Requiem
(1990)

text: from The Book of Job 
for: soprano, alto, mixed chorus and orchestra
duration: about 22’ 
detailed instrumentation:  3.(picc.)2.2.2.- 4.2.2.0. - 3 perc.- harp - divided strings (12.10.8.6.4.)

Sette Cori
(1990)

texts: fragments from Medea by Euripides
for: mixed choir
duration: about 10’
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Il paggio saggio
(1991)

theatrical action for children
text: "STO" (Sergio Tofano) 
for: narrator, soloist white voice,  white voices choir and children orchestra
duration: about 50'
detailed instrumentation: 1.1.1.1. (possible doubling) - 1.1.0.0. (possible doubling) - many percussionists  (celesta, xilophone, vibraphone, 4 timpani, triangle, 2 drums, 5 tin drums, 4 horses hoofs, suspended cymbal, gong, bass drum) - harp - piano - strings (no double - bass)

Daffodils
(1997)

text: a poem by William Wordsworth
for: female or white voices choir
duration: 2’30’’ 
commission: “The Madrigal Singers” Manila, Philippines
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Favoletta, Frutta erbaggi, Guarda là quella vezzosa
(2001)

text: poems by Umberto Saba
for: female or white voices choir 
duration: about 9'
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Variazioni Curtolo
(2006)

on the theme Happy birthday to you 
for: two violins (or violin and viola), piano, three (or more!) 'budding' percussionists and family choir
perc: triangle, pot lids, drum (or any other instrument!)
duration: about 8'30''
dedication: ad Augusto Curtolo nel giorno del suo 80° compleanno
first performance: Ristorante Passo Giau (Cortina d'Ampezzo) 28/1/2006
performers: Gisella e Giampaolo Curtolo - violins, Angelo Curtolo - piano, Alessandro, Francesca e Federico Curtolo - percussions 
Pdf of the score in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Don Giovanni, variazioni sul mito
(2010)

Seven variations on Là ci darem la mano 
texts by Euripides, Heine, Leopardi and Rilke 
for: female choir, 4 percussionists and organ in a faraway room
perc.: glockenspiel, antique cymbals (do5 -do7), xilophone, 2 vibraphone, bass marimba , pedal drum  29' with 3 heavy bells 11', 9', 7' (or 3 small splash cymbals) on the membrane, wind chimes (if possible two rows), Chinese cymbal, suspended cymbals, tamtams (at least 3 deep ones), 1 water tam-tam
duration: 21' circa
dedication: a Gianfranco de Bosio e Gianni Tangucci, con riconoscenza e affetto
commission: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia
first performance: Opening of 54° Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea della Biennale, Venezia, Palazzo Pisani, 23/9/2010 
performers: Coro del Teatro La Fenice (Maestro del Coro Claudio Marino Moretti), Ensemble di percussioni di Venezia (Annunziata Dellisanti, Roberto Barbieri, Matteo Modolo, Andrea Dal Bianco), Micole and Serena Munari – organ, Alvise Mason - organ registrant, Maria Gabriella Zen - conductor
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Magnificat
(2011)

for: 8 voices female (or children) choir 
text: Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis (Luc. I, 46-55) 
duration: about 8' 
dedication: Al Coro Femminile del Teatro La Fenice e al suo grande Maestro Claudio Marino Moretti in ricordo del successo della Biennale Musica 2010
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Tre canti natalizi
(2012)

for: female (or white voices) choir and percussions
perc.: glockenspiel, vibraphone, wind chimes (with the most delicate color possible) or sleigh bells, 3 suspended cymbals of different sizes
duration: about 9'
dedication: al magico Maestro Ulisse Trabacchin
commission: Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia 
first performance: Venezia, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, 19/12/2012 
performers: Coro Femminile del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Matteo Modolo - percussions, Maestro del Coro and Conductor - Claudio Marino Moretti
publisher: ED. ARS PUBLICA – AP 00706 M