| Composer: | Bruce Wolosoff |
| Publisher: | Bruce Wolosoff Music (ASCAP) (distributed by Subito Music Corp) |
| Duration: | 00:04:26 |
| Instrumentation: | Cello choir (in multiples of 4) |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Work Type: | Cello Ensemble |
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 an appropriate choice of medium for what I needed to express. “Lacrymae” came to me as a title, tears. I felt an imperative to express this not just for myself but also on behalf of others. I had never before felt that responsibility so strongly. For the musical language of “Lacrymae” I drew on thoroughbass technique. I wanted the music to feel like it carried with it the resonance of the ages.
–Bruce Wolosoff
composerbiography: BruceWolosoff
Bruce Wolosoff is a pianist and composer of solo, chamber, and orchestral music. Lauded as “an authentic American voice” for his integration of classical, jazz, blues, and contemporary influences, Wolosoff often composes in response to visual art and through collaborations with leading artists across a variety of disciplines.
Recent projects include the recording “Paradise Found” Cello Music of Bruce Wolosoff” featuring performances by Mr. Wolosoff with cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio of the Eroica Trio, released April ’22 on Avie Records.
Wolosoff’s previous collaboration with Ms. Sant’Ambrogio, a recording of his “Concerto for Cello and Orchestra” with conductor Grzegorz Nowak and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , was a Billboard Top 10 best selling classical album. Critic Jerry Dubins of Fanfare Magazine described the concerto as one of “compelling beauty” that “can be declared an instant masterpiece.”