Bianca Maria Furgeri (b. 1935)
Composer; formerly Head of Harmony and Counterpoint at the Bologna Conservatoire; former Director at the Rovigo Conservatoire
Works published by MoV
Ego flos campi (SSA)
Ego flos campi (SSA)
Ego Flos Campi is part of a collection of choral compositions, entitled Con Ali Lievi (With Tender Wings). The text is taken from the Song of Solomon (Vulgate translation) and sets some verses complete, and some in part. The rhythms of the piece are closely linked to that of the words and the work does not follow a set metre.
The performer should aim for a fast, light, flowing interpretation, in which the value of the quaver should resemble that of a syllable in naturally produced speech. The music is largely based on triads constructed around modal scales which create a luminous and serene harmonic language. The various dynamics are very important and should be noted with care. Towards the end the piece settles into an increasingly calm tempo, which gives a great sweetness to the feather-light concluding scales and to the bright final chords. Verses are sometimes set complete and sometimes in part.
Ego flos campi (SSA)
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Bianca Maria Furgeri (b. 1935)
Appointed Head of Harmony and Counterpoint in 1969 at Bologna Conservatoire, Bianca Maria Furgeri was previously Director at the Rovigo Conservatoire. She has won several national and international composition competitions, as well as other prizes awarded by cities including Arezzo and Rome where she won the “Benedetto XVI” Competition in 2013 with an Ave Maria for mixed choir). She composes much on commission, and is a prominent figure in the solo, chamber music and choral repertoire of Italy. The Women In Music Foundation (Rome) chose one of her works (Rosa Rorans) for performance in San Pietro, to conclude the festivities of Saint Bridget of Sweden (2002) and also commissioned another two choral works (Introitus and Agnus Dei) which were then performed in a collaborative Mass set by multiple composers, dedicated to Pope Francis. Her works are published by Rugginenti, Carrara, Ricordi, Choris-Mundi and EurArte, which also sells some of her pieces on CD. A new CD of her sacred choral works has recently been released thanks to the Bank of Monte di Rovigo Foundation. The musicologist Renzo Cresti has published a paper on her musical language and numerous conservatoires and academies have held concerts of her music. (Bianca Maria Furgeri, trans. Miriam Endersby)