Sequenza XIVb (Berio - Scodanibbio)

This version was prompted by an invitation I received from Luciano Berio in 2002 to 're-invent' (rather than transcribe) for the doublebass his Sequenza XIV for violoncello, putting into play the innovations that have transformed the instrument over the last decades. Hence the employment of great diversity of instrumental techniques, the adaptations to the physical characteristics of the doublebass and the exploitation of its particular timbral qualities. My reflection of some passages of the original, that are particularly suited for further development on the doublebass, has led me to add three short newly composed 'tributes' (among witch a cadenza) that make explicit reference to other Sequenzas ( Sequenza XI for guitar, Sequenza VIII for violin). these additions appear in the score within square brackets and in smaller print. Stefano Scodanibbio - 2004 (http://www.stefanoscodanibbio.com/)