Delucchi, Emanuele
Busoni: Elegien, Sonatina Iv, Toccata
This Busoni itinerary brings together three poles of his late piano writing: the Elegien - Sieben neue Klavierst BV 249, the Sonatina IV - In diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII BV 274, and the Toccata BV 287. Within the horizon of the Abbozzo di una nuova estetica della musica, a Young Classicism takes shape, able to gather tradition and reinsert it into a renewed lexicon. The Elegien act as a workshop of memory: theatrical, chorale and symphonic materials are refracted into a cycle at once open and circular, where major and minor become psychological shadings of the same substance. The Sonatina belongs to the Zurich of exile and war, almost a domestic breviary/ the Toccata closes the arc with a gesture both historical and fiercely modern, as manifesto.