| Composer: | John Fitz Rogers |
| Duration: | 00:12:55 |
| Instrumentation: | Cello and Piano |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Work Type: | Cello and Piano |
Lilies, as a flower, are thought to symbolize purity and a return to innocence. In that spirit, “Lilies” is a reflective and gentle vocalise for cello and piano. The work is in three, expansive sections. The opening features a long, lyrical cello line over a slowly rocking bass in the piano. This gives way to a more restless, searching middle section, which in turn leads back to an altered version of the original melodic material, and a quiet, if somewhat mysterious, resolution. “Lilies” was commissioned by the Jesselson/Fugo Duo in 2011, and is dedicated in memory of John McElyea.
John Fitz Rogers
composerbiography: John FitzRogers
Composer John Fitz Rogers's music has been performed by ensembles, festivals, and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Bang on a Can Marathon, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Cathedral, the Albany, Louisville, Charleston, and Tulsa Symphony Orchestras, New York Youth Symphony, Eastman Wind Ensemble, the MATA, Rockport, Bumbershoot, Bowling Green, and Keys To The Future festivals, Festival of New American Music, Phillips Collection Concert Series, and the College Band Directors National Association national conference, as well as by individuals and chamber ensembles such as Antares, New Century Saxophone Quartet, Capitol Quartet, Lionheart, Composers, Inc., Opus Two, Meehan/Perkins Duo, Bent Frequency, Ambassador Duo, guitarist Michael Nicolella, pianist Marina Lomazov, and bassoonist Peter Kolkay.
Rogers is currently Professor of Composition at the University of South Carolina School of Music and visiting faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His work is published by Base Two Music Publishing.