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Threnody for 8 cellos
Classical/Instrumental • 1993 • Alternative Title: Cello octet in memoriam
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Instrumentation |
Cello |
Scored for |
Octet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
Colin Bayliss |
Difficulty |
Advanced |
Duration |
12'0 |
THRENODY IN MEMORIAM KATHERINE CHEDBURN, 1948- 1988. ( B43a)
This piece was written in response to a request from the Chione Oboe Trio for a
work for 3 oboes, or a combination of oboe, oboe d' amore and cor anglais.
This arrangement for eight ' celli was made in 1991 for David Chew, principal
' cellist of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, which was then played throughout
the U.K. tour of the Rio Cello Ensemble in 1993. After the success of these
performances, the composer was asked to make an arrangement for full string
orchestra.
The dedicatee was a fellow student of the composer at London University.
The work is built around the notes A CH ED DA CB( flat) , together with the
remaining notes of the serial row, and also a four - note motif from the Adagio of
Bruckner' s 9th Symphony, a work revered by both the composer and the
dedicatee, and a performance of which the composer attended on the day that he
learnt of Katherine' s death.
After the opening, there are two short passages, one lyrical and one humorous,
the latter in Scottish vein. Thereafter the opening material is re - stated, but using
retrogrades. The development is in variation form, and the recapitulation is cut
off almost as soon as it begins, but with an elegiac coda, ending in a chord of G
major, signifying release from a long illness.
Udo Zörn 27 Apr 2013 02:39
An haunting elegy---at once resplendent and agonizing; thus, a type of celebration of life, and an indelible grief at mourning simultaneously. This mood has been captured par excellence.
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