Cello SKU: BO.B.3726 Composed by Melani Mestre. Published by Editorial de...(+)
Cello
SKU:
BO.B.3726
Composed by
Melani Mestre. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3726).
Written in
2001, this work was
conceived by the need to
enlarge the repertoire of
works for solo cello, an
important goal since the
repertoire of such works
is limited. Most cellists
are limited to
performances of such
well-known solo works as
the Suites of Bach,
written almost 300 years
ago, as well as other
classics of the genre by
Max Reger, Zoltan Kodaly,
Benjamin Britten, Gaspar
Cassado, Enric Casals,
etc.
The
intention of the Suite
Exotique is to
revolutionize the concept
of the Baroque suite by
transforming the suite
into a collection of
modern dances, which are
both contemporary and
widely recognized today.
Thus, the dances of the
Baroque suite, such as
Allemande, Courante,
Sarabande are substituted
for the Tango, Milonga,
Blues in such a way that
the traditional formal
structure of six
movements of Baroque
dances is modernized by
rhythms and contemporary
styles which coexist in
the Modern world, but are
separate from and do not
pertain to those works
which are normally
considered to belong to
the realm of cultured
music.
Apart
from the fusion
represented by the
mixture of a Baroque
genre with modern, urban
musical language found in
this work, the subtitle
exotica is appropriate
due to the originality of
writing such a work for
cello solo. This work
allows the interpreter to
explore and take full
advantage of their
technical, artistic and
expressive
abilities.
This
work establishes a total
symbiosis between the
instrument and the
evolutionary
transformation of its
musical language which in
turn creates a style
adapted to the expressive
requirements of the work
itself. The specific
techniques and qualities
of the cello are placed
in service of the
required style and
concept of each movement
of the Suite. At the same
time those stylistic
characteristics are
transformed and adapted
to the particular
characteristics of the
cello and taking full
advantage of the
instruments polyphonic,
sonic, aesthetic
qualities as well as its
timbre.
The
Suite Exotique was
premiered in August, 2003
during the International
Music Festival of Ibiza
by the Russian cellist
Svetlana Tovstukha.
Cello SKU: FG.55011-277-3 Composed by Csaba Szilvay. Method. Published by...(+)
Cello
SKU:
FG.55011-277-3
Composed by Csaba
Szilvay. Method.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-277-3).
ISBN
9790-55011-277-3.
T
hese cello exercises
complement the
Colourstrings Cello ABC
method but can also be
used independently. They
are for bowing, fingers,
shifting, intonation,
scales, moders, tone
quality, vibrato,
harmonics,
transformation, whole
tone scale, distance
scale, chromatic scale
and the alternative
positions for the same
pitch.
Cello SKU: HL.14028929 Composed by David Blake. Music Sales America. Clas...(+)
Cello
SKU:
HL.14028929
Composed
by David Blake. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV120425.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14028929).
Written for
Moray Welsh whilst still
an undergraduate at York
University. This piece
was completed in
mid-September. Inspired
by Hermann Hesse's
Steppenwolf. A solo
'cello seemed an
appropriate medium for
music which might explore
the character of Harry
Haller, with his desire
for bourgeois comfort and
his strong misanthropic
and suicidal tendencies.
The opening theme
attempts to express this
- melancholy, nostalgic,
a bit Biedermeyer (cf.
Brahms Intermezzi). The
basic theme of the book,
at its simplest, is that
every human personality
consists of hundred of
different personalities -
within every man there
lurks a wolf. Accordingly
the tendency of my piece
is for all its musical
material to become
distorted, either by
thematic transformation
or by changes of timbre.
There are three movements
played without a break.
The first is a character
portrait of the
Steppenwolf. The second
is concerned in the most
general sort of way with
the dance elements in the
novel - Harry's being
taught to dance and
appreciate low 'popular'
music - a tango is
recapitulated in a waltz
and 'Yearning', a popular
song of the time (1927)
is hinted at. The third
movement concerns the
Masked Ball and the Magic
Theatre. Mozart is one of
Hesse's great loves and
he is repeatedly
mentioned in the book.
Inevitably some Mozart
quotes have been worked
in, the most significant
being a reference to The
Magic Flute 'fire and
water' flute theme in the
middle of the second
movement. Long before I
finished the piece, I was
disenchanted with the
work of Hesse. Much of
Steppenwolf I now find
rather embarrassing and
the claims currently made
for Hesse's greatness
seem to me exaggerated.
Since my piece is in no
important sense
programmatically
specific, this change of
heart doesn't really
matter. ~ David
Blake.
Cello (Cello) SKU: HL.14028556 Composed by Kaija Saariaho. Music Sales Am...(+)
Cello (Cello)
SKU:
HL.14028556
Composed
by Kaija Saariaho. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. 24 pages.
Music Sales #HH00111.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14028556).
ISBN
9788759852446.
8.5x11.75x0.065 inches.
English.
This
composition was written
quickly in a matter of
days, however the
composer describes the
longer process of writing
the piece as unconscious
preparation. There are
opposite elements on
display within the piece,
fragile coloristic
passages give birth to
energetic events with
clear rhythmic and
melodic charachter. More
sharpely focused figures
pass through different
transformations then
finally merge back to
less dynamic but no less
intensive filigration. In
bringing these
compositional elements
together and by forcing
opposite modes of
expression, the composer
has aimed to force the
listener to stretch their
own sensibility. Work for
Cello and Electronics
which was premiered by
Anssi Karttunen at the
Musica Nova Festival,
Bremen in May 1988.