Partitions Numériques de Low pour Violoncelle, Orchestre

Low

2 (2:picc.) Â· 1 Â· c.a. Â· 2 (2: b.cl.) Â· 2 (2: cbsn.) - 2 Â· 0 Â· 0 Â· 0 - perc. (timp., b.d., tam-tam, sus. cym., vibra., glock., tub. bells, marimba) (2 players) - hp - str. (6 Â· 6 Â· 4 Â· 4 Â· 2 minimum) cello and orchestra - SKU: S9.Q3688 Farewell to philosophy. Composed by Gavin Bryars. This edition: study score. Music Of Our Time. Downloadable, Study score. Duration 35 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q3688. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q3688). I have a great fondness for the lower string instruments: I am a bass player, my mother is a cellist, as are both my daughters; my own ensemble includes two violas, a cello and a bass, and for the instrumentation of my opera Medea I omit the entire violin section from the orchestra. As I have written a number of works for solo instrument or voice with orchestra I welcomed the opportunity to write a concerto for cello and orchestra and especially one which focuses particularly on the instrumentâ€™s lyrical qualities. Although the piece is in one continuous movement, and the soloist is playing almost without a break, it nevertheless falls into distinct sections which are recognisable by a shift of tempo as well as by a change in the musicâ€™s character. One of the early ideas Julian Lloyd Webber and I discussed was that it might form a companion piece to one of the Haydn concertos. Given my friendship with some members of the English Chamber Orchestra and my awareness of their repertoire, this suggested a number of particular musical references. The subtitle to the work, for example, combines the subtitles of two idiosyncratic Haydn symphonies and I allude to them in different ways but chiefly through orchestration: for The Philosopher by including a section in the concerto where the orchestration resembles that of the symphonyâ€™s first movement (pairs of English and French horns, muted violins and unmuted lower strings); for The Farewell, by the progressive reduction in the orchestration towards the end. Indeed, apart from the orchestral tutti in the last few bars, the last pages of the score are virtually for string quartet. The subtitle also refers to my own background as a philosophy graduate... The piece was commissioned by Philips Classics for Julian Lloyd Webber and is dedicated to him. The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by James Judd, 21 November 1995, Barbican Hall, London. Gavin Bryars.

Kai #Violoncelle, Orchestre #Contemporain #Mark-Anthony Turnage #Kai #Schott Music - Digital #SheetMusicPlus

Cello and ensemble - difficult - For solo cello and ensemble. Composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960-). This edition: piano reduction with solo part...(+)

Cello and ensemble - difficult - For solo cello and ensemble. Composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960-). This edition: piano reduction with solo part. Downloadable. Duration 18 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6600. Published by Schott Music - Digital
'Kai' was written in memory of Kai Scheffler, principal cellist and a key member of the Ensemble Modern in Germany, who died tragically young in 1989. . The 18 minute work is in four continuous movements and leads the performers from an aggressive opening through many contrasting sections, often distinctly jazz influenced, to a slow final requiem. . The solo part is almost exclusively lyrical, stretching out long, mournful lines over an accompaniment which, in contrast, can be abrupt and claustrophobic. . This is a challenging and fantastically rewarding work which has established itself in the core of the contemporary cello repertoire.