Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion, performed live @ Radio Svizzera Italiana on Oct. 25, 2012. A piece I really like and I arranged for Harp. For the video I used the beginning of Enrico IV, the movie by Bellocchio dated 1982. Oblivion was written for this scene.
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Happy Birthday John Cage!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! A CD dedicated to music and silences by John Cage. John Cage (Speaker), Floraleda Sacchi (Harp, Prepared Harp, Toy Harp, Voice, Stopwatch) CD on iTunes, Google Play, Arkivmusic, Amazon, etc…… I read “Silence” for the first time when I was 15. I fall instantly in love with Cage’s attitude and ideas. He made […]
Machajdik: Slovo O (A word about)
World première a new concerto by Machajdik: “Slovo O” (A word about) on May 15, 2013. As the composer writes, the piece is “dedicated to children victims of sexual abuse in Ireland, Germany (and the rest of the world)”. A word about should be said… Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Milli Reasürans Oda Orkestrasi, Hakan Sensoy (Conductor) […]
Gabriel Pierné: Voyage au pays du Tendre
Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Arion String Quartet Gabriel Pierné: Voyage au pays du Tendre, àprès la Carte du Tendre de M.lle de Scudéry: L'embarquement Villages: Petits Soins, Tendresse, Empressemént, Confiante amitié, Perfidie-Méchanceté, Mer d'inimitié, Soumission, Billets galants, Jolis vers, Billets doux. Retour par le fleuve Tendre-sur-Inclination
Marcel Grandjany: Fantaisie sur un thème de Haydn Op. 33
A great classic for the Harp: Fantaisie sur un thème de Haydn Op. 33 by Marcel Grandjany.
Spring awakening
Daniele Garella: Spring is Here (floraleda sacchi harp) Sonia Formenti (Flute) and Floraleda Sacchi (Harp) play Portraits No. 5 by Amadeus Arte dedicated to Daniele Garella Music
Harp Dances
Selections from the concert-show “Harp Dances”. Floraleda Sacchi and Monica Sanchez @ Teatro Accademico dei Bibiena (Mantova). Music in the video: Salzedo (Tango, Seguidilla), Granados (Valses poeticos, Andaluza), Lecuona (Zambra Gitana), Granados (Valses poeticos), Albéniz (Asturias, Cuba), Rodrigo (Aranjuez, ma pensée), Salzedo (Chanson dans la nuit). Pieces are recorded on DECCA CD 476 3856.
Reynaldo Hahn: Prélude, Valse et Rigaudon
Reynaldo Hahn: Prélude, Valse et Rigaudon, a really rare piece I could perform with original orchestration. Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa – Harp) Orchestra 1813, José Gomez Rios Teatro Sociale di Como
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Merengue Rojo
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Merengue Rojo. Floraleda Sacchi (Harp)
Alessandro Marcello: Adagio (from Oboe Concerto)
Granados: Oriental
Oriental is a piece I really love and I recorded also in the CD Harp Dances (DECCA, N. catlogue 476 3856)
Canzone fra le Guerre
Cristian Carrara: Canzone fra le Guerre – Antonella Ruggiero (Voce), Floraleda Sacchi (Arpa)
Heinz Holliger: Sequenzen über Johannes I, 32
Heinz Holliger: Sequenzen über Johannes I, 32. Ich sah daß der Geist herabfur wie eine Taube von Himmel und blieb auf Ihm. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. Io vidi lo Spirito scendere dal cielo come una colomba e rimanere su di lui. from a live […]
Il Risveglio del Bosco
John Cage: A room (live on RAI Radio 3)
Flora plays live at RAI Radio 3 show Piazza Verdi on Sept. 29, 2012. The piece is part of CD “Happy birthday John!”
Nightdrive, music by Floraleda Sacchi
Images I recorded South Berlin while driving back to the hotel, after a concert. Music composed and played by me and recorded in the CD "Chiaroscuro". Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Anaïs Vitali (Cello)
Nino Rota: Sarabanda e Toccata per arpa
Nino Rota: Sarabanda e Toccata per arpa. Floraleda Sacchi (Harp)
JS Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846
Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I by JS Bach. Images from Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir CD Harp Favorites.
Spring in NY
Movie shot from a taxi bringing me to Julliard. I love NY in April as well as the song (Tenderly).
Salzedo: Tenderly emoted
First of the 5 Préludes Intimes by Carlos Salzedo, Tenderly emoted is one of my favourite Salzedo’s pieces.