Image N.1 - 2009
for orchestra
The main music material that constitutes this piece come from melodic, rhythmical and textural ideas. Four melodic themes constitute the main material for this five minutes piece. These themes constantly appear in the piece, in different keys and given to different instrumental combinations, giving rise to very diverse and contrasting moments. A live performance of Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero's Life) has been the main inspiration for the conceiving of this short orchestral piece, which is planned to be the opening for a larger future work.
Vow - 2009
for soprano, piano, vibraphone and viola
Vow is a delicate song which alternates two instrumental chorals with two sung verses. Words come from the homonym poem by composer and friend Simon Cummings. Vow has been premiered and recorded live at Frontiers Festival Plus at Birmingham Conservatoire on the 26th of March 2009 by decibel.
S.Dessanay - Vow. 2009
Mirrors - 2009
for piano trio
Mirrors is a very short miniature written for the Schubert Ensemble. It is composed by short episodes that reach a middle point from where they start to reappear in reverse order and inverted. Mirrors has been workshopped at Birmingham Conservatoire and recorded live by Schubert Ensemble on the 16th of March 2009.
S.Dessanay - Mirrors. 2009
BeCoMinG - 2008
for ensemble
This piece has been written between October and December 2008 to be performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group during the February Workshop CBSO Centre conducted by Peter Wiegold. The ensemble is constituted by clarinet (and bass clarinet), horn, harp, violin, viola and cello.
S.Dessanay - Becoming. 2009
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Short piece for accompanied flute - 2008
for flute, violin and piano
Short piece for accompanied flute uses the piano and the violin as a relentless background to a simple flute melodic excursion. The piece has been premiered and recorded live at Birmingham Conservatoire on the 15th of December 2008 performing Sophie Hickman on flute, Rebecca Betambeau on violin and Genevieve Murphy on piano.
S.Dessanay - Short piece for
accompanied flute. 2008
Study for solo flute - 2008
for flute
Study for solo flute uses the same sequence of 8 notes in the same succession, the only variety been given by the use of dynamics, different rhythms and the presence of underlying melodies. The 8 notes are transposed and intervals are inverted in the second part of the piece. The piece has been workshopped and recorded live at Birmingham Conservatoire on the 8th of December 2008 performing Rowland Sutherland on flute.
S.Dessanay - Study for
solo flute. 2008
Fascinating melodies - 2007
for string orchestra
This is a three-sections piece. Each section uses and develops a melodic idea in different ways according to the mood of the section. Fascinating melodies is dedicated to the memory of Gian Piero Cartocci.
Study for two pianos in lydian mode - 2005
for two pianos
This short piece takes inspiration from Bela Bartók’s Mikrokosmos folk material. The two pianos dialogue in a counterpuntal way and the only meet in the finale. The piece has been premiered at Cagliari Conservatoire in November 2007.
Scherzo per contrabbasso solo - 2003
for double bass
In this composition original fragments inspired by Sardinian traditional folk music have been used to build up a double bass monologue written in two staves. The piece won the first prize at Sardinia International composition competition and has been premiered at Spazio Musica festival in 2004 performing Massimo Tore on double bass.