Nicola Samale
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Nicola Samale (born 14 September 1941 in Castelnuovo d'Istria,
conductor
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Biography
Nicola Samale studied 1959–72 at the
provincia di Matera (1997–2000) as well as Artistic Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Catanzaro (2003–04). From 1978 to 1993 he was also professor for conducting at the Conservatory of L'Aquila.
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On 16 October 2010 Nicola Samale took part in the event Soundtracks – A tribute to Pino Rucher. The event was sponsored by the Municipal Authorities of San Nicandro Garganico and Manfredonia.
Nicola Samale lives in Ailano
Works
Nicola Samale composed chamber, orchestral and vocal music as well as five operas. He worked both for pop music and classical music, for example he conducted the R.C.A Orchestra for the Italian singer
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Martin Sieghart) as well as his completion of the Scherzo from the Unfinished Symphony by Schubert (1988; first performance: 1988, Bari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Nicola Samale; revised version 2004 with Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs; first performance: 2004, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs). His composition Miracolo a Milano recently played an important role in the German movie Drei by Tom Tykwer
(Germany, 2010).
Selected compositions
Opera
- 67 A.D. (1994–97)
- Il principe sognatore (1997–99)
- L' eroico Yi Sun Sin (2000)
- Il Castello – L'onore dei Morra (1999–2002)
- L'ultima messa (2004–06)
- Fichi d'India (2011)
Orchestral music
- Suite lirica No. 1
- Racconti Viennesi Caleidoscopio
- Poema Sinfonico Magica notte on Italian Christmas carols (2004)
- Capriccio (Clarinet and Orchestra)
- Ouverture sinfonica Gaia scienza (Band)
- Poema sinfonico Ionica (Band)
- Elegia e Finale (String Orchestra)
Vocal music
- Ave Maria (Soli, Choir and Orchestra)
- Inno a Padre Pio (Choir and Orchestra)
- 99 in memoriam (melologo) (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
- Plenum (Choir and Chamber Orchestra)
- Unheimlich (unacc. Choir)
- Miracolo a Milano (unacc. Choir)
Chamber music
- Burlesca (Cembalo)
- Diorama (Wind Quintet)
- Divertimento (Wind Quintet)
- Hermes (Oboe, 4 Horns, Solo-Horn, Piano and Doublebass)
- Il futuro mancato (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
- Libaeralia (Soprano, Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
- Pentalfa 14 (Flute, Alphorn and Percussion)
- Suite Lirica (No. 2), arranged from Italian arias (Wind Octet)
Arrangements / Orchestrations
- Anton Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, Finale, completed performing version (with Giuseppe Mazzuca, John A. Phillips and Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, 1985–2011)
- Pablo Casals, Inno alle Nazioni Unite, arrangement for orchestra (1996)
- Hexaméron, completed arrangement for orchestra (2001)
- Franz Liszt, Sonata in b minor, arrangement for orchestra (2007)
- Gustav Mahler, Tenth Symphony, completed performing version (with Giuseppe Mazzuca; 1st version: 2001)
- Franz Schubert, Scherzo from the Unfinished Symphony, completed performing version (1988; revised version 2004 with Cohrs; first performance: 2004, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs)
References
- ISBN 978-0-7546-0709-0.