Old Blues

Old Blues is the (self-)ironic parenthesis that brings us back to a nostalgic twentieth century, before concentrating the tension in the dramatic Sonatina: a single movement imbued with post-romantic pathos, whose restlessness, emphasised by the piano writing in 6+6 chromatic groups, never leads to resigned despair, sending out calls of light through the voice of the flute.
The piece was recorded on the CD "Q-Art@ Playing Antonio Eros Negri". Q-Art@ is a Milanese ensemble made up of Stefano Dall'Ora, Claudia Bracco, Barbara Tartari and Carlo dell'Acqua who in this CD pay homage to the composer Antonio Eros Negri with pieces of his own compositions, as well as Stefano Dall'Ora's Variations on a theme by Negri himself.