1994

Nel giardinetto della villa

for piano four hands

Recordings

This recording appears on Music by My Friends (see below).

Recording

Video

Premiere

17 June 1995

Sean Bryan, Nate Craig, Blakey Harnett-Larsen, and Anna Peschel, with Chester Biscardi and James Goldsworthy, piano

Home of Karin and Erick Hakanson

St. Paul, MN

Work Details

Duration:

ca. 10 minutes

Publisher:

Biscardi Music Press No. B48-94-2

Distributer:

Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.

Dedication:

Written for Sean Bryan, Nate Craig, Blakey Hartnett-Larsen, Anna Peschel, and James Goldsworthy (“Mr. G”)

Movements

I. L’alba: Un cinguettio d’uccelli
II. Le tre anitre e le lucertole nel labirinto
III. Lo stagno e le ninfee
IV. La gatta Biancaneve e la rana
V. Bruno, il giardiniere, in bicicletta
VI. Le zanzare e i pipistrelli nella limonaia
VII. Il crepuscolo: Il cipresso e Venere
VIII. La luna triste e i falò

Sample Pages

Press

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“Chester Biscardi’s Nel giardinetto della villa is a suite, a lovely set of brief, descriptive, four-hand piano pieces for which the composer joins Lerner at the keyboard. Each evokes a poetic image, described in its title, associated with the garden of the title.”

— Ung-Aang Talay, Bangkok Post (2004)

Bangkok Post

Ung-Aang Talay, 2004