Chamber Music Cello,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114422760
Composed
by Ricky Ian Gordon. Set
of Score and Parts. 8+4
pages. Duration 5
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42276.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114422760).
ISBN
9781491135785. UPC:
680160687855.
A
heartfelt memorial to the
composer’s sister,
SAMBA FOR SUSAN bears a
tempo marking of
“Sensual,â€
and this 5-minute elegy
is set as a slow bossa
nova, full of the jazz
flavor and syncopations
of samba tradition. In
the hands of this
celebrated opera and
theater composer,
Gordon’s samba is
a drama cast in a dance
feel. Themes alternate,
always returning
transformed into fresh
textures at each
recurrence, creating a
work that is catchy on
first hearing, and
reveals its depth upon
repeated hearings.