Cello - Intermediate-Advanced SKU: HL.14017469 Composed by Kaija Saariaho...(+)
Cello -
Intermediate-Advanced
SKU: HL.14017469
Composed by Kaija
Saariaho. Music Sales
America. Post-1900. Sheet
Music, Score. With Text
language: English.
Chester Music #CH61806.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14017469).
UPC: 884088812041.
8.5x11.0x0.419
inches.
Composer's
Note When I considered
the ensemble of eight
cellos, I first thought
of matt and dark
textures. I also wanted
to go back to some ideas
on symmetry. While I was
pondering all that, I saw
snow flakes falling from
the dark sky of the
Finnish autumn. Focusing
on the snow, the idea of
writing variations on it
and its various forms
became clearer in my
mind.Nuages de neige is a
uniform and linear
texture in which I
realise my first
impressions of that
ensemble. The two Etoiles
de neige are based on the
idea of symmetry and
repetition: the first one
develops up to a certain
point where it doubles
back as in a mirror
image, the second one
consists of eight
sections in which the
harmonic structure is
repeated, as well as a
linear gesture that
becomes ever more
present. Aguilles de
glace focuses on
different pizzicati and
superimposed ostinati.
With Fleurs de neige I
sought to recall the
texture of those harmonic
trills at the end of the
first section, although
more airy and diversified
here. Kaija Saariaho.
SKU: HL.50602321 For Solo Cello. Composed by Henrik Skram. Instrum...(+)
SKU: HL.50602321
For Solo Cello.
Composed by Henrik Skram.
Instrumental. Softcover.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH33274. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50602321).
UPC:
840126906653.
Soloh
ouse is an experimental
architectural project by
the American materialist
visionary Lebbeus Woods.
The project consists of
architectural drawings
and models of a house for
one person. The work for
solo cello explores the
potential for 1/4 tone
writing, attempting to
treat micro-tonality as
an extended resource of
melodic composition,
hence creating nuance in
the treatment of linear
writing. The idea of
planting musical objects
in musical space was
something the composer
wanted to explore,
putting on an author's
hat and investigating
form on terms of
dramaturgy, using
repetition as a
structural device.
Inspired by the
Solohouse, the composer
thought of the cello as a
space of observation from
which the occupier
reflects.
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?
Cello, Piano Accompaniment - Grade 4 SKU: HL.248688 For Solo Cello...(+)
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.
