Cello, Piano
Accompaniment - Grade 4
SKU: HL.248688
For Solo Cello.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
12 pages. Chester Music
#CH86735. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.248688).
UPC:
888680729080. 9x12
inches.
English.
“Gor
don Wright was the friend
of a lifetime. For thirty
years Gordon and I shared
our two greatest
passions: music and
Alaska. Gordon was my
musical collaborator, my
next-door neighbor, my
fellow environmentalist
and my camping buddy.
These miniatures are
musical sketches of three
moments and places in our
friendship. Like Alaska,
Gordon was larger than
life. He always lived his
own way. And he died just
as he would have wanted.
We found him lying on the
deck of his cabin in the
Chugach Mountains, curled
up against his favorite
birch tree, looking
across the waters of
Turnagain Arm toward the
Resurrection Valley and
the tiny settlement of
Hope.” - John
Luther Adams
This
music contains no normal
stopped tones. All the
sounds are produced as
natural harmonics or on
open strings. There are
no harmonics higher than
the sixth. So these
sounds should be clear
and resonant. Even so,
balancing the harmonics
with the open strings
requires careful
attention.
The
durations of the
individual pieces are
given at the end of
each.
The total
duration of the set is
about ten minutes.
