Wolosoff, Bruce: Lacrymae (2020)
Commissioned as part of Inbal Segev's "20 for 2020" project). When Inbal asked me to create a work for cello choir for this project, I immediately felt that it was [...]
featured composer: kalie akel
Born in 1989 at Belém, Kalie Akel started piano lessons when he was 5 years old, than the violin at 6 years, the cello at 8 years, the viola at 16 a'd the double basse at 30 years old.
His first composition was performed by Ernani Aguilar in 2009, then he moved to Paris in 2012 to study composition with Eric Tanguy, than with Manuel López López.
He is the resident composer of "Festival Violoncelles en Folie" since 2018. Since this collaboration with the cellist and creator of the Festival, he composed several works for cello orchestra, but also chamber music like cello trio, cello quartet, cello solo and with other instruments (violin, piano, french horn, clarinette and others).
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Worthington, Rain: Resolves – for solo cello (2016)
Dedicated to extraordinary cellist, Carmine Miranda. Carmine breathes life into music with his soulful artistry and nuanced mastery. I am very grateful to have this demo studio recording as a [...]
Wyatt, Lois: Oligos (2017)
Written especially for cellist Keith Tempest, Oligos comes from being in a place that is neither here nor there, an 'almost' period of restless waiting to transition to a new [...]
Wyatt, Lois: Esoptron (Cello and Marimba) (2016)
Esoptron was written in response to Peter Randall-Page's sculpture Granite Song and the original Greek word 'esoptron' means 'reflection' or 'a mirror not made out of glass'. This is reminiscent [...]
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Zare, Roger: Chameleon (2014)
The chameleon is a somewhat mysterious lizard noted for its ability to change color. Some believe the color changes help to camouflage the lizards, but more recent evidence suggests that [...]
Zare, Roger : Spectra (2006)
This duet explores the spectrum of colors found in the harmonic series. Melodies are entirely constructed from this collection of pitches and take advantage of the cello and natural horn's [...]
Zare, Roger: Two Canons (2016)
This set of two canons is loosely inspired by the Telemann Canonic Sonatas. These can be played by two cellists, or by one cellist either live with a delay patch, [...]
Zare, Roger: Escher Triptych (2017)
M.C. Escher is known for his mind-bending prints that frequently created impossible geometry or meshed perspectives in unexpected ways. I remember learning about tessellations in a middle school math class [...]