The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca

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The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca), H. 352, is an orchestral work by Bohuslav Martinů.

It pays homage to the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca, which Bohuslav Martinů had admired at Arezzo in 1954. He was inspired particularly by The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and by Constantine's Dream.

Martinů composed the work in Nice in 1955, and it was first performed in Salzburg by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik on 26 August 1956. The work is dedicated to Kubelik.

Movements

Andante poco moderato
Adagio
Poco allegro

Selected recordings

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik in 1958 (EMI).
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet (Cascavelle).
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras in 1982 (Supraphon) available to hear on Youtube
Orchestre National de France conducted by James Conlon in 1991 (Erato).
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimír Válek in 1993 (Praga).
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis (Warner).

Note

The initial version of this article was based on a translation of the article on the work in the French Misplaced Pages.

References

fr:Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, French Misplaced Pages (in French)

External links

Les fresques de Piero della Francesca: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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List of compositions
Operas	Comedy on the Bridge (1937) Alexandre bis (1937) Julietta (1938) What Men Live By (1953) The Marriage (1953) Mirandolina (1959) Ariane (1961) The Greek Passion (1961)
Ballets	La Revue de cuisine Špalíček
Orchestral music	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Concertante	Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani Violin Concerto No. 2 Oboe Concerto
Chamber music	String Quartet No. 1 Flute Sonata Clarinet Sonatina
Piano music	Three Czech Dances Piano Sonata
Vocal music	Field Mass The Epic of Gilgamesh The Opening of the Wells
Collaborations	Homage to Paderewski
Named for Martinů	Martinů Quartet
Related articles	Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition Music of the Czech Lands Harry Halbreich
Category

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Paintings	Flagellation of Christ (1455–1460) History of the True Cross (c. 1447) Baptism of Christ (c. 1448–1450) Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (c. 1451) Saint Julian the Hospitaller (1454–1458) Madonna del Parto (after 1457) Resurrection (c. 1460) Saint Louis of Toulouse (1460) Polyptych of the Misericordia (1460–1462) Hercules (c. 1465) Saint Augustine Altarpiece (1454–1469) Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (c. 1465–1472) Polyptych of Perugia (c. 1470) Brera Madonna (1472–1474) Madonna di Senigallia (c. 1474) The Nativity (c. 1470–1475)
Writings	De Prospectiva pingendi (treatise on perspective) Trattato d'abaco (treatise on arithmetic) De quinque corporibus regularibus (treatise on polyhedra)
Related	The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (1955 orchestral work)

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