Legend of Sigh
Legend of Sigh is a brand new multimedia, immersive piece for cello and electronics written for Inbal by Razaz with video and projection design by filmmaker Carmen Kordas. It was [...]
What Occured In The Light Goes On In The Dark
In “What Occurred In The Light, Goes On In The Dark” I was interested in writing counterpoint for the cello. The main melody gets treated as a fugue subject, without [...]
Sonata in B minor for Violoncello solo
Transcribed, arranged, typeset, and edited by Johann Sebastian Paetsch from the Sonata in B minor for Piano solo.
Ten Suite Variations
A suite of variations based on the Bach Cello Suites combined with modern popular styles in a form that could only be created by Aaron Minsky (Von Cello)! The pieces [...]
Twelve Etudes for Solo Cello
These intermediate-level cello etudes use aleatory or chance sequences that create technical challenges for the cello student but offer accessible and expressive melodic content.
Ballad
Ballad was composed in late 2004 and is dedicated to the memory of my parents Frank and Mildred Kernis. The piece reflects their fondness for lyrical music, and is lightly [...]
Yizkor (Remember) (2009)
Mourning can be both private and public. When we visit a grave or observe the anniversary of a person's death, we generally do so in private. "Yizkor" (which is Hebrew [...]
Ding Dong Bell
"Ding Dong Bell" is an eight-movement work for cello solo by the American composer Juliana Hall. The work is based loosely on epitaphs by the great English poet Walter de [...]
Moon Over Appalachia
Moon Over Appalachia is a four-movement suite for solo cello inspired by the folk music of Appalachia, an enchanting musical tradition of lyrical melodies, foot-tapping rhythms, heart-wrenching lullabies, and above [...]
Solo for Cello
A work I wrote for my cellist friend Claassen Gretchen. Was first premiered at San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2008.
Versprechen (Promise)
"Kati Agócs's Verprechen (Promise) reimagines a Bach chorale using the sort of variations on note sequences favoured by Serialist composers. This is beautifully varied, highly textured writing..." -Musical Toronto
Legend of Sigh [2015]
Legend of Sigh is a brand new multimedia, immersive piece for cello and electronics written for Inbal by Razaz with video and projection design by filmmaker Carmen Kordas. It was [...]