World premiere of Riccardo Panfili at the Milan Scala

The title refers to a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, “Aurora”, a collection of aphorisms dealing with truth and validity of moral and religious principles. The composer read this Nietzsche text at the age of twelve, when grew up in a Umbrian mountain village. He achieved to carve out the contrast between hope and failure with pounding rhythms alternating with gentle, endearing harmonies.

Altogether, Riccardo begins to show an individual diction, recalling from far away the Mahler's, Strauss' or, of course, Henze's mastership of orchestration. Performed in a concert together with Ravel's “Ma Mère l'Oye” and Berlioz' “Symphonie fantastique” Panfili's new piece appeared as a shining jewel.