Emmelia Violoncelle [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Cello SKU: BT.MUSM570366453 Composed by Evis Sammoutis. Classical. Score ...(+)
Cello
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366453
Composed by Evis
Sammoutis. Classical.
Score Only. 10 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570366453.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366453).
English.
'Brice
Catherin, a cellist and a
composer exploring the
notion of the
one-man-band concept,
commissioned this work;
this composition was
subsequently the result
of our collaboration. My
aim has been to create a
work where the cellist
produces sounds using his
full body: his hands
(employing a variety of
extended techniques on
the Cello and external
objects), his feet, his
mouth (singing and
playing the harmonica and
flexible tube) and even
his face on one occasion
to muffle the strings.
There are two central
themes in the work:
virtuosity and theatre,
both strong, frequent
features of my
compositional oeuvre.
After several meetings
and experimentation with
Brice, I chose asetup
that enhances the musical
scope without visually
cluttering the stage. I
am also using a rather
unusual scordatura that
not only changes the
timbre of the instrument
itself, but also helps
create unique soundscapes
that blend together with
the sounds from the
spring drums, the human
voice (whistling, groans
and other effects), a
singing bowl, a harmonica
and a flexible tube among
others. The work is
entitled Emmelia and
there are two reasons for
this: Emmelia derives
from the prefix en (in)
and the noun melos
(harmony), thus meaning
in harmony. The
composition is structured
and developed in clearly
defined sections (noisy,
harmonious, distorted,
etc.), based on
information revealed by a
spectral analysis of an
F1 spectrum on the cello
(tuned a fifth below low
C), played and recorded
using a variety of
attacks and triggering
objects and methods.
Emmelia is also the name
of my baby daughter, who
has been my constant
inspiration since she was
born.' - Evis
Sammoutis.
Violoncello - Level 5 SKU: BA.BA11043 A Song without Words for Violonc...(+)
Violoncello - Level 5
SKU: BA.BA11043
A Song without Words
for Violoncello Solo.
Composed by Manfred
Trojahn. Stapled.
Performance score.
Composed 2012. 4 pages.
Duration 10 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA11043_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA11043).
ISBN
9790006543229. 33.5 x
25.5 cm
inches.
Manfred
Trojahn on the origin and
title of his impressive
virtuoso solo
work: Admittedly I do
not know if he had
seagulls, but since
Mendelssohn was born in
Hamburg, he will not have
gone through life without
at least the impression
of the cry of seagulls.
Nor do I know if seagulls
played any part in his
life in Rome. I myself
was astonished when, one
or two years ago in the
Villa Massimo, I was, not
exactly annoyed but
disturbed by the strong
rhythmical cry of
seagulls. I was just
about to write a bassoon
solo when the seagulls
started. Then the
idea came to me that
precisely this sequence
of notes could serve as
the basis of the work.
And the sequence for the
bassoon solo is, in turn,
the basis of the piece
for violoncello - this is
how titles are born... Of
course the violoncello
meanders with virtuosic
ease from the seagull
motif to the 'elf-like'
skittering brought to
music by Mendelssohn and
used time and again in
his compositions, finally
becoming a cabaletta.
Now, cabalettas are not
very representative of
Mendelssohn, but as I was
composing I definitely
wanted to put a cabaletta
in this passage. I am
sure Mendelssohn and I
will easily agree on
this, especially since
later justice is done to
him in the rapid passages
and, of course in the
tonal cadenza at the very
end, which is more
indicative of his time
than of mine ... isn't
it?
