| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 piece |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 2003 |
| Genre Categories | Pieces; For cello, piano; Scores featuring the cello; |
Contents |
No files submitted.
Complete Score (Preview)
*#491506 - 0.51MB, 12 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 83×⇩ - Rickshinozaki
PDF typeset by composer
Rickshinozaki (2017/9/4)
Cello Part (Preview)
*#491507 - 0.17MB, 3 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - Rickshinozaki
PDF typeset by composer
Rickshinozaki (2017/9/4)
|  |
| Work Title | For Violoncello and Piano |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Sydeman, William Jay |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IWS 18 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 piece |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2003 |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 6 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | cello, piano |
This piece was written in 2003 for performance at a festival in Dornach, Switzerland. A sort of solid lyric piece, not necessarily flitting around in the extreme high register, was requested, and so it is. I am rather partial to the dark lower strings anyway... as a (somewhat) violist, I resent cellists noodling about in my register.
In any event, the piece is in the grand romantic tradition in writing for both instruments (although quite slippery tonally). This lyricism frames a dancelike middle part, with a great deal of thematic interplay between the instruments, before returning to a further development of the opening idea. The piano writing is quite linear with countermelodies often accompanying the cello part.
– W. Jay Sydeman
