Amore Pedestre
for Symphony Orchestra
2010
6’30”
DESCRIPTION
Amore Pedestre was composed for the silent film Amore Pedestre (1914), directed by Marcel Fabre (aka Fernandez Perez).
The story of the meeting and falling in love of a man and a woman. The story is told by showing the characters from below the knees only. A man in smart shoes prepares to go out. His maid gives him a coat, he dusts off his shoes and leaves. As he leaves the building, an elegant woman drops her purse. He returns it to her and follows her home…
INSTRUMENTATION
2222 / 4331 / timp* + 2 perc** / hp / pno-cel / strings
*also triangle and cymbal on timp
**percussion instruments
percussion 1: marimba – vibra (bowed) – whip – Tam Tam
percussion 2: glockenspiel – sizzle cymbal – 5 temple blocks – snare drum –
suspended cymbal – 5 toms
COMMISSION
Commissioned by the Belgian National Orchestra
PREMIERE
World premiere by the Belgian National Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé on February 4, 2010, at BOZAR Brussels
PUBLISHER
Dirk Brossé
AVAILABLE SCORES
Available on a rental base
REATED RECORDINGS
Brussels Philharmonic plays Dirk Brossé / A Journey from Philly to Utopia
Antarctic Records 2020 AR 019
CATEGORIES
Works for Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra
RELATED FILM
Amore Pedestre (1914), directed by Marcel Fabre (aka Fernandez Perez)
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