The genesis of this composition is quite particular. As often happens to me, during a small interval between the performance of one piece and another, sitting at the piano, I play notes without a specific thought, like a spontaneous movement of the fingers guided from above … So that day, my left hand started playing by introducing an arpeggio and then, without thinking, the right hand was added composing a melody so defined that it did not have the need, in the writing phase, to retouch any element to be as of a cast I had executed it. Thus was born this Siciliana characterized by an intimate and sad song, with mysterious and hypnotic tones.
Siciliana Op. 46
