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.

Playable on Any Three Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble. Arranged by Michael Story. For Cello/Bass. Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation. Pop Instrumental Ensembles for All. Pop. Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Violoncello - Level 5

SKU: BA.BA11071

Composed by Matthias Pintscher. In a folder. Part II of the cycle Profiles of Light. Performance score. Composed 2015. 4 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11071_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11071).

ISBN 9790006562015. 42 x 29.7 cm inches.

“Now II” is the second part of a triptych of chamber pieces entitled “Profiles of Light”. The first part is written for solo piano (Now I, BA 11073), the second for unaccompanied cello. The two instruments are then combined in the concluding third part, Uriel (BA 11013).

All three pieces were inspired by the Abstract Expressionist paintings of the American artist Barnett Newman. Newman's work has had a formative impact on Matthias Pintscher's artistic philosophy: what does it mean to reduce things to essentials while seeking maximum immediacy of expression? Several of Newman's paintings have a radiant light of uncommon intensity, yet resembling a dark illumination. The same sort of thing is found in the late works of Franz Schubert, where a comparable profundity and retrospective yearning likewise shine through the surface of even the brightest tonalities.

This is a piece about resonances, about the inward and outward givens of existence, about life itself: 'I find the cello a highly suitable instrument for depicting such existential conditions'.

by Christine Watts. For cello. Non-Series. All styles, method. Level: Beginning. Book. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

Cello. Arranged by Various. Book; CD; Play-Along; String Series; Worship Resources. Instrumental Solo Series. Contemporary Christian; Pop; Sacred. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(Cello). For Cello. Book; CD; Play-Along; String Series. Easy Instrumental Solos. Pop; Rock. Grade 2; Grade 3. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Music

A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs, Including Many Cello Features. Composed by Various. Instrumental Folio. Classical, Pop, Standards. Softcover. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard