Few things are exciting as the encounter with new pieces of music, born in collaboration with a composer or performed for the first time (and therefore without the existence of a previously defined idea of them for the musician as well as for the audience).
I think it’s one of the greatest magic of music that springs from – the meeting and exchanging of different people and cultures, – the imagination and the creativity to shape the sound of art that still lies in the pupation, – the taste for the unknown and the discovery, – the sense of community and hope that lives in the attempt to leave good music for those who will come after us.
Here is a list of pieces I have followed in their creation and performed:
David Clark Little: Specifications for harp (2001) 18′
written for Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 30 August 2011, Theatre Bellevue, Amsterdam (Holland)
Recording: Specifications, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Luis Berengurer: Sonatina tanguistica op. 46, for Flute and Harp (2003) 9′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 24 April 2003, IIC, Athens (Greece)
Dimitri Nicolau: Amorosi conversari, for Cello and Harp (2003) 14′
written for Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 18 December 2003, Rosengart Stiftung, Luzern (Switzerland)
Peter Machajdik: Nell’autunno del suo abbraccio insonne, for Harp (2004) 8’50”
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 10 May 2005, Giornate per la Nuova Musica, Milan (Italy)
Recording: Minimal Harp, Decca (2008)
Jean Chatillon: Le petit indien, for Harp (2004) 3′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
Giacomo Manzoni: Frase 3, for Flute in G and Harp (2004) 5′
Recorded for Rai Trade (2009)
Paolo Castaldi: Ten, for Flute and Harp (2005) 12′
First performance: Gessler Hall, Vancouver, Canada
Carlo Alessandro Landini: Im Wald, for Flute and Harp (2006) 7′
First performance: 18 April, Casa della Musica, Parma (Italy)
Nicola Campogrande: Tililadodin, for Harp (2008) 4′
written for Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 6 September 2008, Villa Melzi, Bellagio (Italy)
Recording: Minimal Harp, Decca (2008)
Peter Machajdik: She will be picked, for Harp (2008) 4′
First performance: 3 September 2010, Palazzo Agudio, Malgrate (Italy)
Recording: Inside the Tree, Amadeus Arte AAP11003 (2011)
Gianluca Podio: Il lato nascosto delle nuvole, for Flute and Harp (2009) 8′
First performance: Carnegie Hall – Weill Recital Hall
Claudia Montero: Incensum, for Harp (2009) 5′
Recording: Evocaciones, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Nicola Campogrande: Momento Musicale, for Flute and Harp (2009) 4’23”
Recording: Haiku, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Claudia Montero: Evocaciones, for Harp (2010) 10′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 24 July 2010, KotorArt, Kotor (Montenegro)
Recording: Evocaciones, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Peter Machajdik: On a Misty Horizon, for Cello and Harp (2010) 4′
Recording: Inside the Tree, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Nicola Campogrande: Haiku, version for Harp (2011) 26′
First performance: 10 September 2011, Villa Vigoni, Menaggio (Italy)
Recording: Haiku, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Peter Machajdik: In Situ, for Cello, Harp and electronics (2011) 19′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 3 Sptember 2010, Palazzo Agudio, Malgrate (Italy)
Recording: Inside the tree, Amadeus Arte (2011)
Peter Machajdik:
A flower full of Gardens, per arpa (2011) 4′
Visible Pintimms, per arpa ed elettronica (2015) 5′
dedicato a Floraleda Sacchi
Cristian Carrara: Neve Corrente, for Harp (2011) 3’30”
Recording: Ludus, Amadeus Arte (2013)
Cristian Carrara: Carillon, for Harp (2012) 3’30”
written for Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 19 luglio 2013, Lugano (Switzerland)
Recording: Ludus, Amadeus Arte (2013)
Cristian Carrara: Visioni Romane, for Cello and Harp (2013) 12′
Recording: Ludus, Amadeus Arte (2013)
Cristian Carrara: Canzone fra le Guerre, for Voice and Harp (2013) 12′
with Antonella Ruggiero (voice)
Recording: Ludus, Amadeus Arte (2013)
Cristian Carrara: A little Tango for my Wife, for Cello and Harp (2013) 5′
First performance: 1 September 2013, LakeComo Festival
Recording: Ludus, Amadeus Arte (2013)
Peter Machajdik: Slovo O (A Word About) for harp and String Orchestra (2013) 14′
First performance: 15 May 2013, Milli Reasürans Auditorium, Istambul (Turkey)
Floraleda Sacchi, Milli Reasürans Oda Orkestrasi, Hakan Sensoy (Conductor)
Manuel De Sica: Kojiki – Preludio, Epitaffio e Danza for Harp and String Orchestra (2014) 14′
First performance: 29 May 2014, Auditorium Paganini, Parma (Italy) with Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini, Flavio Scogna (Director).
Recording: Brilliant Classics (2014)
Roberto Cacciapaglia: Temple of Sound, Antartica (2014) for Harp and Electronics 9′
First performance: 19 September 2014, Sound City Days, Kosice, Slovachia
Annie Challan: Valse des Impressionnistes (2014) 5′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
Paolo Castaldi: Flora, variazioni primaverili, per arpa e orchestra (2016)
dedicato a Floraleda Sacchi
Claudia Montero: Magica y Misteriosa Buenos Aires, for Harp and String Orchestra (2018) 16′
dedicated to Floraleda Sacchi
First performance: 5 April 2018, Madrid (Spain)
Howard Blake: Loreley-Impressionen, for Harp and Strings (2021) 12′
First performance: 5 September 2021, Koblenz (Germany)
Arrangements in collaboration with/approved by the composer:
Philip Glass:
– Open the Kingdom, for Flute and Harp (trasc. 2007)
Recording: Suite en Duo, Philips, 2007
– Metamorphosis, for Harp (trasc. 2008)
Recording: Minimal Harp, Decca, 2008
– Trilogy Sonata, Modern Love Waltz, Opening, Closing, Helen’s Theme, Truman’s Sleep, Why does someone have to die? (trasc. 2010-11)
Recording: “Philip Glass”, Amadeus Arte, 2012
– Façades, for Sax and Harp (trasc. 2018)
Recording: Series Noir, Amadeus Arte, 2019
Arvo Pärt:
– Pari Intervallo, per arpa (trasc. 2007)
Recording: Minimal Harp, Decca, 2008
– Es sang vor langen Jahren (trasc. 2008)
– Für Alina (trasc. 2022)
– Für Anna Maria (trasc. 2022)
– Variationen zur gesundung von Arinuschka (trasc. 2022)
– Spiegel im Spiegel (trasc. 2022)
Jóhann Jóhannsson:
– A Model of the Universe, The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of, The Whirling Ways of the Stars that Pass, The Theory of Everything (Arrival of the birds), Forces of Attraction, A Game of Croquet, Epilogue, By the Roes and by the Hinds of the Field (trasc. 2016-18)
Recording: Jóhann Jóhannsson by Floraleda Sacchi, Amadeus Arte, 2022
Michael Nyman:
– The morrow, Jack (trasc. 2007)
Recording: Minimal Harp, Decca, 2008
– Candlefire, Nadia (trasc. 2014)
Nils Frahm:
– Ambre, Because this must be (trasc. 2021)
Recording: Nils Frahm by Floraleda Sacchi, Amadeus Arte, 2022-23
– Said and Done, Hammers (trasc. 2016)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
Clint Mansell:
– Requiem for a Dream, Welcome to Lunar Industries (trasc. 2017)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
Joe Hisaishi:
– Silencio du Park Guëll (trasc. 2016)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
– Innocent, The Path of Wind, The Theme of Marco and Gina (trasc. 2018)
Vladimir Martynov:
– The Beatitudes (trasc. 2016)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
Olafur Arnalds:
– Till the End, Near Light (trasc. 2016)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
Max Richter:
– Andras, Europe after the Rain (trasc. 2016)
Recording: Darklight, Amadeus Arte, 2017
– Embers, The Leftovers, On reflection, This bitter Earth, for Sax and Harp (trasc. 2018)
Recording: Series Noir, Amadeus Arte, 2019
Alexandre Desplat:
– The meadow, Lost Blood, for Sax and Harp (trasc. 2018)
Recording: Series Noir, Amadeus Arte, 2019
Hans Zimmer:
– Chevalier de Sangreal, Dark Knight, Day One, for Sax and Harp (trasc. 2018)
Recording: Series Noir, Amadeus Arte, 2019
Ludovico Einaudi:
– Oltremare, Nighbook, Elegy for the Arctic, Dietro l’incanto, Luce, Divenire, Una mattina, Primavera, Andare (trasc. 2020)
Recording: Ludovico Einaudi by Floraleda Sacchi, Amadeus Arte, 2021
Ryuichi Sakamoto:
– Aubade 2020, Germination, Minamata Theme, Happy End, High Heels, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Lost Theme, Solitude, Women without Men, Solari, Andata, Trioon II, Hibari (trasc. 2022)
Recording: Ryuichi Sakamoto by Floraleda Sacchi, Amadeus Arte, 2023