Cello Part
SKU:
HL.366160
For
Female Voice, Solo Cello
(opt), Boys' Voices,
Tubular Bells and Strings
Cello Part. Composed
by John Tavener. Choral.
Softcover. Chester Music
#CH88150-01. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.366160).
ISBN
9781705137383. UPC:
840126963434.
Mah&a
acute;mátar is
written for Oriental or
Middle-Eastern female
voice, distant boys'
voices (in a vast
acoustic), tubular bells
and muted strings. The
music is an invocation to
the Great Mother
Mahámátar
in Sanskrit, and to the
Theotóke
(God-bearer) in Greek.
Originally written to
accompany a film by
Werner Herzog which deals
with South American
Indians who travel for
many miles on their knees
to venerate the
miraculous Ikon of The
Mother of God of
Guadalupe.
Mahámátar
may be performed by a
solo voice or
alternatively the melody
could be played by a solo
cello, with decorations
and improvisations by the
singer.