A continuation of Berio’s early experimental works with voice and piano, “Avendo gran disio” is a culmination of a real “concert-piece,” and is performed as such. Composed in 1948 on the lyrics by medieval poet Jacopo da Lentini, this Italian selection was originally written for the mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian, centering a clear and fluctuating range, including sections where the piano forms itself as a completely autonomous whole. “Avendo gran disio” is the third song in Berio’s Quattro canzoni popolari.