Cello
SKU:
HL.48025289
Solo
Cello. Composed by
Elena Kats-Chernin.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical, Waltz.
Softcover. 4 pages.
Duration 150 seconds.
Bote & Bock #M202537299.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48025289).
ISBN
9783793144267. UPC:
196288172130.
9.0x12.0x0.045
inches.
I am Cello
is one of several solo
pieces by means of which
the Australian-based
composer remained in
contact with her
interpreters all over the
world during the time of
the coronavirus pandemic,
composing and
communicating via video
and streaming. It was
written for the cellist
Benedict Kloeckner and
produced by him at the
SWR Studio Kaiserslautern
in autumn 2020 and
released on CD by
Brilliant Classics the
following year. The
requirement to write
something short to be
played between the Bach
Solo Suites alongside the
music of other composers
quickly gave rise to the
idea of a piece that
“is almost a song
and tells almost a story.
It is also almost a
waltz, but a slow one. I
see this piece like a
flower bulb that opens up
over the course of 2-3
minutes,†says
Elena Kats-Chernin.