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| MILLEFIORE: Rubato scorrevole y venusto |
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 | Millefiore is a large spherical sculpture composed of curved steel rods some of which include steel lozenges hand welded and with a chrome powdercoat. Millefiore (thousand flowers in Italian) is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. Here the emphasis is not on the colors associated with Murano Millefiore glass but rather on the ebb and flow in random patterns and swirls of energy that conclude with buds/blossoms/events described by the lozenges within the overall patterning. Millefiore, unlike the more animated Haiku, is lively but graceful, a waltz to Haiku’s tango. The directions are that Millefiore should be played with freedom. Rubato allows performers to deviate from strict tempo regularity, and can enhance expressive playing. In essence, by 'stealing' time, or borrowing it, it should be contrasted with strict time, in a musically correct method of atonement. The direction, although allowing freedom of movement, also requires that it be played fluent and flowing, almost gliding, as well as graceful and elegant. Millefiore demonstrates the expression of nature in swirls and blooms, the efflorescence of growth and regeneration. Where Haiku is animated and thunderous and Volvox resolute and vigorous, Millefiore is lively and refined. The fiery passion of Haiku contrasts with the serene and tranquil poetry of Millefiore and the two frame the contained fury and intensity of Volvox - an energy that could manifest either as Haiku or Millefiore. |