A work for four cellos based on J. S. Bach?s Suite n.5 for solo cello. It is part of the 'Transformation' series that attempts to transport Bach?s oeuvre into the modern era to convert Bach?s writing into that of today. The work is composed of four successively played parts. Though the sonority is completely different each part is closely related to Suite n.5.Part 1 Densité (density): each semiquaver from the beginning of the prelude is extended to form dense chords.Part 2 Chant (song): a new melodic line emerges from different transpositions of the Sarabande?s melodic lines.Part 3 Tempus fugit: fragments from the Courante pass quickly while the Gigue?s basic rhythmis repeated relentlessly.Part 4 Dans le temps qui s?étire (as time stretches): the Fugue subject from the second half of the Prelude appears about ten times bringing various developments.

The latest volume of Chamber Music for Violoncellos contains four sacral works, two of which were arranged for cello quartet by the editor of the series, Árpád Pejtsik. Both Angelus!, Liszt's piano piece of ethereal beauty, and the Kyrie of Mozart's Requiem, an irresistibly surging four-part fugue, are magnificent when played with the immensely rich sound of the four cellos. The second part of the volume contains a pair of inspired works by two prominent cellists and composers of the 19th century: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Fitzenhagen's Consecration Hymn and Friedrich Grützmacher's Ave Maria. While an instrumental skill of at least intermediate level is required for playing the upper parts due to the use of higher positions, the lower parts can be performed by beginner cellists. The editor has assisted the appropriate interpretation of the works by providing the fingering and bowing. / 4 Violoncelles