| Composer: | Jose Elizondo |
| Publisher: | Jose Elizondo |
| Duration: | 00:04:00 |
| Instrumentation: | unaccompanied cello, cello and piano, cello and string orchestra (with or without piano) |
| Key: | varies |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Work Type: | Unaccompanied Works, Cello and Orchestra, Cello and Piano |
This piece was inspired by Alpenglow, the magical pinkish or orange light that appears at the top of the Alps right before the sun goes down. The piece is sweet but melancholic. The piano plays a “moto perpetuo” for most of the piece which sometimes includes references to the Dies Irae to signify life, death and the inexorable passing of time. The cello melody is a lush and romantic contrast to the piano’s “moto perpetuo”.
composerbiography: JoseElizondo
Music has been Jose Elizondo's passion since he was 5, when he began performing in concerts and participating in piano and organ competitions at a national level in Mexico. From an early age, Jose received awards and recognition from institutions like FONAPAS (Mexico's National Fund for Social and Artistic Activities) and the International Yamaha Music Foundation.
Jose moved to Boston, where he received degrees in Music and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At Harvard University, he studied musical analysis, orchestration and conducting. His main teachers at MIT and Harvard were professors Peter Child, Edward Cohen, Lowell Lindgren, Bill Cutter, James Yannatos, Constance DeFotis and Jameson Marvin.
Jose's music has been performed by over 100 orchestras around the world. He is particularly proud of his collaboration with youth orchestras. For example, the Brighton Youth Orchestra (UK), conducted by maestro Andrew Sherwood, has performed his compositions in England, Scotland, France, Italy, Zimbabwe and the Congo. Maestro Wayne Toews has conducted Jose's music with the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra and several other orchestras in Canada in a number of performances and educational projects. Jose considers maestros Andrew Sherwood, Wayne Toews and Sergio Buslje (music director of several orchestras in Washington, Honduras and Argentina) as his most influential mentors, at a personal and professional level.