Più non vi leggemmo avante (2017)

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) — Più non vi leggemmo avante (2017) for organ

“Più non vi leggemmo avante” (2017) meaning “No more did we read after that” is inspired by the fifth canto of Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” in which Francesca da Rimini tells the story of her adulterous affair with Paolo Malatesta and how their affair was kindle by their reading together a historic chivalric romance.

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) is an Italian composer. Educated at the Conservatory in Milan, she has composed in many genres, developing a personal language that is concerned with the blend of past and present. Her compositions have been performed frequently around the world. Ferrari’s music appears on several CD recordings, including four all-Ferrari organ CDs: three recorded by Carson Cooman (2014/16) and another by Peter Clark (2015). She served as chair of music composition at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, China and is currently professor of music composition at the European School of Economics in Florence, Italy.