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In my artistic-scholarly research project, I explore the impact of historical acting techniques on historically informed flute performance, particularly in the context of repertoire associated with Antonio Lorenzoni.
Lorenzoni was an amateur flute player and author of a flute method, the Saggio per ben sonare il Flautotraverso (Vicenza, 1779). As a professional lawyer and expert in rhetoric, he was in line with the 18th-century belief that musicians - as orators - can express affects to move their audience.
While historical acting techniques have come to inform contemporary vocal performances and stage productions, I investigate their potential impact on musical-rhetorical expression in the instrumental repertoire of the flute. My research question is: what influence can historical acting techniques have on the performance of the flute repertoire that Lorenzoni recommends in his method?
Methodologically, I first develop and record two interpretations of Lorenzoni's favoured repertoire: once before systematically following the instructions of his method and once afterwards. I then deepen my knowledge of 18th-century acting techniques using the available primary sources, both Italian (as they are the most relevant to my topic) and English (as they contain the most practical instructions). This leads me to experiment with their possible applications to musical performance, examining aspects such as posture, punctuation, and expression of affects. I then test the effects of this process on my performance by recording the same compositions for a third time to document and analyse the results.
First supervisor: Univ. Doz. Dr. Claire Genewein, ABPU
Second supervisor: Dr. Annette Kappeler, Hochschule der Künste Bern
Third supervisor: Dr. Jed Wentz, Leiden University
Enrico Coden is an Italian flute player, researcher, and teacher. He performs music from the Renaissance to the present day through the lens of historically informed performance practice.
He plays with ensembles such as Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble & T. Hengelbrock, Il Gusto Barocco & J. Halubek, and Orchestra Frau Musika & A. Marcon, and made recordings for ORF, RAI, and Cinémathèque française. He is co-founder and production secretary of Orchestra Giovanile Filarmonici Friulani.
As a researcher, he focuses on Italian flute music between the 18th and 19th centuries and its performance practice. He presented his research with articles on Tibia and Falaut and lectures for the Utrecht Early Music Festival and the Indiana University Bloomington. Together with Peter Schmid, he published the critical edition of Fogliani’s flute concerto for Schmid & Genewein Verlag. His composition Introduktion, Thema und Variationen über “Es wird scho glei dumpa” was published by Edition Walhall.
Enrico Coden currently teaches flute at the Music School of Linz at the State Music Schools of Bad Ischl and Mondsee, Austria. Together with U. T. Tarrès, he created the educational project Trave(r)ssant: a time travel through historical flutes, which was presented in Lleida (Spain) and Pordenone (Italy).
He studied flute, historical performance and flute pedagogy at the Jacopo Tomadini Conservatoire in Udine with G. Marcossi, at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz with N. Girlinger, J. Dömötör, and C. Genewein and at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with K. Clark and W. Hazelzet.
