The Milano Musica Festival will feature a new work by Emanuele Casale, commissioned for the festival and to be performed by the mdi ensemble on November 13 at the Piccolo Teatro Studio.

Having already abandoned in his recent compositions a predilection for abstract titles, the composer is now toying with the nonsensical, giving to the new piece the title Questo è un gruppo e pace (This Is a Group and Peace) for piano, string trio, and electronics. In a fragmented plan the instruments conduct a lively dialogue among themselves, while the electronics, as well as participating in the dialogue with its peculiar timbre, also function as a “clarifying element, something that serves to reveal more clearly the connections, gestures, and rhythms of the piece,” notes the composer.

Casale: work list