List of compositions by Fabio Vacchi

This is a list of compositions by Fabio Vacchi.

By genre

Works for the stage

*"Girotondo" (1982), opera in 2 acts, loosely adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Reigen by Roberto Roversi, commissioned by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
*"Il Viaggio" (1990), opera in 2 acts, libretto by Tonino Guerra, commissioned by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
*"La station thermale" (1993), dramma giocoso in 3 acts, libretto by Myriam Tanant after Carlo Goldoni’s I bagni d’Abano, commissioned by the Opéra National de Lyon
*"Scena per Doktor Faustus" (1995), choreographed poem by Heinrich Heine for 2 magnetic tapes, libretto by Lorenzo Salveti, commissioned by the Bologna Teatro Comunale.
*"Dioniso germogliatore" (1996), ballet in 5 tableaux, text by Giuliano Scabia, commissioned by the Ravenna Festival
*"Les oiseaux de passage" (1998), opera in 5 sequences, libretto by Myriam Tanant, commissioned by the Opéra National de Lyon and the Bologna Teatro Comunale.
*"La burla universale. Cantata abbastanza profana" (2001), in one act, for female voice, 2 baritone voices, and orchestra, libretto by Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by Rai Radio Tre for centennial of Verdi’s death
*"Il letto della Storia" (2003), opera in 3 acts, libretto by Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
*"Macbeth" (2007), incidental music for the marionette production of the Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli
*"La madre del mostro" (2007), libretto by Michele Serra, commissioned by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
*"Teneke" (2007), opera in 3 acts, libretto by Franco Marcoaldi on a subject of Yashar Kemal, commissioned by the Teatro alla Scala of Milan.

Choral and vocal works

*"Ballade" (1978) for soprano and chamber orchestra, text of William Butler Yeats
*"Continuo" (1979) for soprano and instruments, text of Dino Campana
*"Scherzo" (1979) for soprano and chamber orchestra, text of Tonino Guerra
*Arietta "Pensiero non darti" (1980) for flute and soprano, or also, from the opera Girotondo for flute solo
*Grande Aria "A guardar" (1981) for soprano and instruments, from the opera Girotondo
*"Trois vision de Geneviève" (1981) for 11 string soloists and a child’s voice
*"Dona nobis pacem" (1994) for double chorus, on 3 subjects of Claudio Monteverdi from the Missa in illo tempore
*"Mignon (über die Sehnsucht)" (1995) for voice and piano, text of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
*"Briefe Büchners" (1996), six lieder for baritone, bass clarinet, and piano on fragments of the letters of Georg Büchner, commissioned by Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Festwochen
*"Dioniso germogliatore II – un recitar sinfonico" (1997) for narrator and orchestra, text of Giuliano Scabia
*"Sacer sanctus" (1997), cantata for mixed chorus and ensemble, text of Giuseppe Pontiggia
*"Io vorrei, superato ogni tremore" (1998) for soprano and ensemble, text of Alda Merini, commissioned by the festival Milano Musica
*"Die neugeborne Ros’entzückt" (1998) for soprano and orchestra
*"Tre veglie" (1999) for mezzosoprano, cello, and orchestra, text of Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival
*"La prima figura da sinistra" (2000) for voice and bass clarinet
*"Terra comune" (2002) for chorus and orchestra, text of Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
*"Canti di Benjaminovo" (2003) for voice and string quintet, text of Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva Ensemble
*"Memoria italiana" (2003) for 4 voices, text of Franco Marcoaldi, commissioned by the Festival delle Nazioni of Città di Castello
*"Cjante" (2004) for soprano and orchestra on a fragment of the "Song of Songs" translated in the Friuli dialect, commissioned by the Mittelfest of Cividale del Friuli
*"Irini, Esselam, Shalom" (2004) for voice, violin concertante, and orchestra, text edited by Moni Ovadia, commissioned by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “G. Verdi”
*"Noc’" (2004) for soprano and piano, text of Aleksandr Pushkin
*"Voce d’altra voce" (2005) for two narrators, chorus and orchestra, on a fragment of the "Song of songs" translated in Arabic, Hebrew, and the Friuli dialect, commissioned by the Mittelfest of Cividale del Friuli
*"Mi chiamo Roberta" (2006) for violin, cello, percussion, piano and two narrators, text of Aldo Nove, commissioned by the Mittelfest of Cividale del Friuli
*"La giusta armonia" (2006) for narrator and orchestra, text of Franz Heinrich Ziegenhagen, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival

ymphonic works

*"Sinfonia in quattro tempi" (1976)
*"Poemetto (Nell’ali dei vivi pensieri)" (1984)
*"Danae" (1989)
*"Scramlézz d’estèd" (1991)
*"Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno" (1997) for large orchestra, transcribed for the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
*"En Vinternatt" (2001), commissioned by Ferrara Musica
*"Diario dello sdegno" (2002), commissioned by Teatro alla Scala
*"Canti d’ombre" (2004), commissioned by Orchestra Nazionale della RAI
*"Dionysos suite" (2004)
*"Movimento di quartetto" (2006) for orchestra, commissioned by the Accademia Musicale di San Giorgio
*"Mare che fiumi accoglie" (2007), commissioned by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Works for soloist and orchestra

*"Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra" (1983)
*"Notturno concertante" (1994) for guitar and orchestra
*"Veglia in canto" (2003) for violin and string orchestra, commissioned by the Festival of the City of Portogruaro
*"Lydia" (2004) for violin and string orchestra
*"Voci di notte" (2006) for violin concertante/solo and orchestra, commissioned by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for Zubin Mehta’s 70th birthday

Chamber music

*"Les soupirs de Geneviève" (1975) for 11 string instruments
*"Fantasia" (1977) for 3 string instruments and harpsichord
*"Il cerchio e gli inganni" (1982) for chamber orchestra
*"Convegno" (1984) for flute and piano
*"L’usgnol in vatta a un fil" (1985) for ensemble
*"Trio" (1987) for flute, bass clarinet, (untuned) violin, cello and harp, from "Luoghi immaginari"
*"Quartetto for Bruno Maderna" (1989) for A clarinet, vibraphone, viola and piano, from "Luoghi immaginari"
*"Quintetto" (1987) for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and harp, from "Luoghi immaginari"
*"Sestetto" (1990)
*"Ottetto for Luigi Nono" (1991) from "Luoghi immaginari"
*"Quartetto per archi n° 1" (1992)
*"Settimino" (1992) from "Luoghi immaginari"
*"Klaviertrio" (1993) for violin, cello, and piano
*"6 variazioni" (1994) for ensemble
*"Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno" (1995) for 5 performers, commissioned by the Teatro alla Scala
*"2 Pezzi op. 45" (1995) for oboe, double bass, and piano
*"Wanderer-Oktett" (1997), commissioned by the European Soloist Chamber Ensemble
*"Capriccio sopra La station thermale" (1997) for 2 pianos
*"Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno" (1998) for chamber orchestra
*"Movimento di quartetto" (1999) for strings
*"Intrada" (1999) for B-flat trumpet and piano
*"Wanderer-Sextett" (2000) for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos, commissioned by the Soloists of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
*"Orna buio ciel" (2000) for violin, cello, and piano
*"Suono di canna" (2000) for 6 instruments
*"Passacaglia" (2000) for bass clarinet and bass tuba
*"Apocrifo" (2000) for 5 instruments
*"Quartetto per archi n° 3" (2001), commissioned by the Tokyo String Quartet
*"Quartetto per archi n° 4" (2004), commissioned by RAI Radio for the 80th anniversary of Italian radio

Works for a solo instrument

*"...di altri echi" (1982) for violin
*"Languido nascente"(1983) for piano
*"Plynn" (1986) for guitar
*"In alba mia, dir..." (1995) for cello
*"Interludio e Recitativo" da "Languido nascente" (1995) for piano
*"Presto, da boschi e prati" (1999) for violin
*"Tempo d’arco" (2000) for double bass
*"Respiri" (2004) for violin
*"Echi d’ombre" (2005) for piano, commissioned by Per Piano Solo Meeting

Film score

*Soundtrack of "The Profession of Arms" (2001), a film directed by Ermanno Olmi
*"In pace, in canto", music accompanying the credits of "Cantando dietro i paraventi" (2003), a film directed by Ermanno Olmi
*Soundtrack of "Gabrielle" (2005), a film directed by Patrice Chéreau
*Soundtrack of "Centochiodi" (2007), a film directed by Ermanno Olmi

=Transcriptions and re-elaborations=

*Francesco Paolo Tosti, "Four Melodies", transcription for voice and orchestra (1985)
*Hugo Wolf, "Two Lieder", from the "Spanisches Liederbuch", transcription for voice and instruments (1993)
*John Dowland, "Flow My Dowland", 5 Songs of John Dowland transcribed and orchestrated for alto voice and ensemble (1994)
*Johann Sebastian Bach, "Contrapunctus V" from "The Art of Fugue", re-elaboration for orchestra (2001)
*César Franck, "Sonata for violin and piano", transcription for violin and strings (2005)

ee also

*Fabio Vacchi
* Teneke