ITALIAN SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA
FEDERICO MONDELCI soloist and conductor
SAMPLE
PROGRAMS
Sample
# 1
| Graham Fitkin |
Aract |
| Steve Reich |
New
York Counterpoint (§) |
| Gyorgy Ligeti |
Hungarian Rock(§) |
| Philip Glass |
Facade n. 2 |
| Paolo Marzocchi |
Albanian Folk Song (*) |
| Michael Nyman |
Songs for Tony (§§) |
| Pedro Iturralde |
Suite Ellenica
Kalamatianos
Funky
Valse
Kritis |
(*) written
for the Italian Saxophone Orchestra
(§) arranged
by David Brutti
(§§) arranged by Federico Mondelci
Sample
# 2
George GERSHWIN
1898-1937 |
American Suite
The Man I Love
Sweet And Low Down
I Got Rhythm
Summertime
Let's Call The Whole Things Off |
Pedro ITURRALDE
1932 |
Suite Ellenica
Kalamatianos
Funky
Valse
Kritis |
| Michael NYMAN |
Song for Tony |
Roberto MOLINELLI
1964 |
Four Pictures from New
York (2001)
Dreamy Dawn
Tango Club
Sentimental Evening
Broadway Night |
| CHICK COREA |
Armando's Rumba |
| Sammy NESTICO |
Hay Burner |
| Scott JOPLIN |
Ragtime Dance |
| Astor PIAZZOLLA |
Tango Suite
(three tangos) |
BIOGRAPHY
The Italian Saxophone Orchestra
was formed in 1985, bringing together young Italian
saxophonists specialized in classical, avant-garde
and jazz. The orchestra includes 1 sopranino saxophone,
2 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 2 baritones and 1
bass. Their interpretations of contemporary
music have received special recognition and this
is an area of the repertoire, that the Ensemble has
continued to promote in their concert activities.
Alongside their performances in the major concert halls
throughout Italy, the I.S.O. under the direction of
Federico Mondelci have frequently broadcast on Radio
and recorded a CD, including works especially
written for that ensemble by Italian composers, on
the Edipan label devoted to contemporary music.
The ensemble believes that close collaboration with
composers is vital to the process of interpreting modern
music and therefore attempts to work with every composer
it plays.
Further projects includes a new recording for the American
label DELOS with works of G.Fitkin, R.Molinelli, P.Marzocchi,
P.Glass, S.Reich and G.Ligeti.
REVIEWS
FANFARE January
February 2001
Federico Mondelci’s work is outstanding in
its subtlety, beauty of tone production, and idiomatic
ease. One quickly becomes aware not merely
of an instrument purporting to be a human voice but
of all emotions that voice conveys.
William Zagorski
NEW YORK TIMES New York August
18, 1999
(CD of the month)
Mondelci brings a rich, jazzy appeal to Piazzollas hauntingly beautiful
melodies; he seems to have a real feel for the music's power and gutsiness,
as well as its gentle tenderness.
IL GIORNALE D'ITALIA Roma Novembre
9, 1987
(...) il sassofono, che fino a ieri è sembrato
un ingrediente obbligato della musica jazz, in
mano a Mondelci, che è il capo orchestra
del nuovo sassofono, la Saxophone
Orchestra, diventa messaggero.
Musiche altrimenti di varco difficile, portate
all'eloquenza di quel magico ottone, s'aprono una
strada nei cuori.
Benedetto
Benedetti
