Lorenzo Sbaffi

OPERAS

1622

  for violino, viola e contrabbasso (2023)

dedicated to the book "De salubri potu dissertatio" by Francesco Scacchi, an imagination using 1622 musical elements about the evolution progress of the bubbles of the sparkling wine. The premiere took place on December 8th 2023 during Richiami Lontani happening of Francesco Scacchi Festival. Lorenzo Sbaffi, violin, Ladislao Vieni viola and Fausto Patassi double bass.  

Sonata n. 2

  for violino and pianoforte (2021) "dei suoni sospesi"

Composta nei movimenti , Moderato, Allegretto, Adagio, Presto

Covered bridges

for ensemble (2016) 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bs, 2hor, c.bs o d.bass

a journey in search of the covered bridges of Kentucky USA

Sonata
for cello and piano (2014)

Composed in the movements Andante calmo-Mosso, Lento, Presto.

Concertino
for wind quintett (2014)

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Basson. Written in four moviments: Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo e Finale.

Stones From Reposaari
for string quartet (2008)

Stones from Repossari, wrote in summer 2008, is dedicated to the friends Jauko and Mirja with their nice museum of stones in Reposaari (Finland). The four moviments are: an unexpected day, ghosts in the museum, the east side and coming by boat.

Circa
for sax quartet (2007)

Wrote for the students of the Youth Barbarino Orchestra that Lorenzo Sbaffi conducts from 2000. The first performance was in the festival “Ostra prendiamoci gusto” in “Azienda vinicola Mezzanotte Sandrino” (Senigallia) in June 1th 2007. The interpreters were: Danilo Ruffini sopran sax, Stefano Ensabella alto sax, Giuseppe de Maria tenor sax, Andrea Gubinelli bariton sax.

Para lo Chiado
(For Chiado) for violin and cello (2005)

Chiado is the old neighbourhood of Lisbon. The short composition is wrote for the concert of Lorenzo (violin) and his brother Edoardo Sbaffi (cello) for the 60th anniversary of Culture National Center of Lisbon May 16th 2005. So the first performance was by the autor in St. Sacramento church of Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal.

Sonata 1
for violin and piano (2004)

Wrote in four movement : Moderato, Adagietto, Tempo di minuetto-minuetto sbagliato in stile di Haydn (wrong minuetto in Haydn’s style), Finale-Vivace. The sonata is made to commission with “Terra dei Teatri” of Macerata and performed by Serena Cavalletti (violin) and Stefano Severini (piano) in the concert “L’oggi, il sentimento del tempo”, the August 11th 2004 in Chiostro dei Frati of Montefano (Macerata). Also the autor Lorenzo Sbaffi with the pianist Alessia Mortaloni performed it for “Amici della Musica” of Fabriano in the same summer.

Comunicazione I
for trombone and piano (2003)

The piece is a communication between trombone and piano starting from the idea of an internet connection. The sound of the modem while connecting to internet is in fact the incipit of piano. At the first time the trombone replays busy but then goes progressively in communication. The trombonist Massimo Gianangeli with the pianist Alessia Mortaloni made the first performance in “sala L. Ubaldi” of Fabriano (Ancona) March 20th 2004.

S-comunicazione I
for n equal instruments (2003)

Wrote for “n” instruments it was performed for the first time with four trombones in the concert of March 20th 2004 in “Sala L. Ubaldi” of Fabriano (Ancona). The composition is the result of fragments, ideas for a given time improvisation following a free sequence for every interpreter. Each one starts and finishes the execution independently from the others.

Quartetto n. 1
(string quartet n. 1) homage to Leos Janacek (2002)

Wrote during the composition studies is dedicated to the cech composer. A research work, a knowledge trip through the string quartet form.