Three Pieces for Solo Cello (Waterhouse)

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Three Pieces for Solo Cello is a composition for cello solo in three movements by Graham Waterhouse , which is dedicated to the cellist Siegfried Palm and was premiered in 1992. The composer, who is himself a cellist, makes use of the diverse possibilities of his instrument. In 1996 a revised version of the work won a composition prize from the Munich Tonkünstlerverband and was performed at the Munich University of Music . The work was published in the same year by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag . In 2001 the composer recorded it for a portrait CD with chamber music.

history

Waterhouse composed the work after his cello concerto op. 27. It was inspired by Siegfried Palm and uses the possibilities of the instrument in a chamber music setting. In 1992 the composer performed it for the first time at a workshop with Palm in Haus Marteau in Lichtenberg . In 1996 a revised version won third prize in a composition competition organized by the Munich Tonkünstlerverband and was performed on September 29, 1996 as part of the award ceremony at the Munich University of Music . In the same year the work was published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag , which stated the duration was ten minutes.

Phrases and music

  1. Monologue (Moderato assai e risoluto)
  2. Chase (Maestoso-Vivace)
  3. Recitative (Adagio e rubato e molto espressivo)

The publisher sums up: “The composer strives to exploit the most important possibilities of the instrument in the pieces - its wide range of expressive possibilities, its wide range of sounds and its diverse timbres. In the second movement the structure is determined by sul ponticello and in the third movement by bell-like pizzicati of the left hand. " Hans Krieger writes in the booklet accompanying the CD:" The existential depth of this expression can be most movingly experienced when the composer uses "his" instrument, the violoncello, holds dialogue. The three pieces ... with their rhapsodic gesture achieve a meditative power of contemplation ... ".

admission

The work was recorded in 2001 for a portrait CD with chamber music by Cybele , played by the composer, along with music for recorder, clarinet and piano. Hubert Culot wrote in his review: "... one of the most substantial pieces in this selection is the Three Pieces for Solo Cello Op.28 completed in 1996 and dedicated to Siegfried Palm. A short, vivacious and often whimsical Scherzo of considerable virtuosity is framed by two weightier, mostly slow and rhapsodic movements of great expressive strength exploiting the full expressive range of the cello. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Three Pieces for Solo Cello . Graham Waterhouse . 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Three Pieces for Solo Cello . Friedrich Hofmeister Music Publishing . 1996. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 16, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hofmeister-musikverlag.com
  3. ↑ Portrait Graham Waterhouse / Graham Waterhouse, Markus Schön, Michael Wendeberg, Agnès Marc . cybele.de. 2001. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ Hubert Culot: Graham Waterhouse (b. 1962) ( English ) musicweb-international.com. 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2012.