Cello Variations III

Une série de courtes pièces dédiées au célèbre violoncelliste Anssi Karttunen, a présenté lors d'un concert à l'occasion de son cinquantième anniversaire à Helsinki en 2010. Le concert a été fondée autour des Variations Mystery, une série de 'cadeaux' de musique composées par une variété de grands compositeurs d'aujourd'hui, pour être joués par Anssi lui-même, et tous basés sur Ciaconna Colombi. / Violoncelle

Considéré par beaucoup comme le dernier représentant du classicisme viennois, Ludwig Van Beethoven, mort à 57 ans est un génie qui a composé quantité d'oeuvres dont Variations für Piano and Violoncello pour Violoncelle et plus particulièrement pour Violoncelle Et Piano. Ce sont les éditions Henle qui ont éditées cette oeuvre de Ludwig Van Beethoven. Il ne vous reste plus qu'à la jouer. / Violoncelle Et Piano / Partition

The Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello Collection combines the artist’s renowned performance repertoire with his own inspirational compositions, all as performed by Sheku himself. Suitable for the intermediate cellist and beyond, this dynamic volume is sure to spark a desire to perform. With commentary from Sheku revealing the stories behind the pieces and his own expert advice, this collection is a must-have for all aspiring cellists./ Recueil / Violoncelle et Piano

Par WUORINEN CHARLES. Cello - Durée: 7 min / Contemporain / Répertoire / Violoncelle

Another volume in this highly acclaimed series premiering sensational new arrangements for cello. CELLOWISE 2 includes Lacrimosa by Mozart Paganini's La Campanella Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Brahms Waltzes Op. 39 and Bach's Gavotte en Rondeau from Violin Partita in E made famous by Segovia.With the drama and spectacle of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet acrobatic leaps and fun of the Fair in Moussorgsky's Gopak reflective chiaroscuro of the Brahms Waltzes the fireworks of Paganini's La Campanella mystical Lacrimosa of Mozart's Requiem or Bach's colourful variations in the Gavotte en Rondeau this selection explores vivid and dramatic themes fromthe great Classics. It is idiomatic to the cello clear and accessible in technical format and makes a practical and versatile concert handbook for cellists of all ages.ContentsBach    * 3. Polonaise (from Suite No. 2 BWV 1067)    * 4. Gavotte en Rondeau (from Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006)Brahms    * 7. Waltz op. 39 No. 9    * 8. Waltz op. 39 No. 15Handel    * 1. Hornpipe (from the Water Music)    * 2. Air (from the Water Music)Mozart    * 5. Lacrimosa (from the Requiem K626)Mussorgsky (Moussorgsky)    * 9. Gopak (from Sorochintsky Fair)Paganini    * 6. La CampanellaProkofiev    * 10. Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)

All 5 sonatas for cello and piano, and 3 sets of variations on themes by Mozart and Handel. Basic works of the cello repertoire carefully reproduced from the authoritative complete-works edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Inexpensive source for studying 8 major works of the chamber music repertoire. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1 (dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II)
I: Adagio sostenuto-Allegro
II: Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 (dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II)
I: Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo-Allegro molto più tosto presto
II: Rondo
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 (dedicated to Baron Ignaz von Gleichenstein)
I: Allegro, ma non tanto
II: Scherzo
III: Adagio cantabile-Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 (dedicated to Countess Marie von Erdödy)
I: Andante-Allegro vivace
II: Adagio-Tempo d'Andante-Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 (dedicated to Countess Marie von Erdödy)
I: Allegro con brio
II: Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto-Allegro-Allegro fugato
Twelve Variations on See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes, from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 (dedicated to Princess Christiane von Lichnowsky)
Twelve Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66
Seven Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 (dedicated to Count Johann Georg von Browne)

The full score and parts for artist and musician Martin Creed's Variations For String Quartet composed in 2013 for Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass. Martin Creed is perhaps best known for his daring and undoubtedly innovative art pieces the most controversial of which Work No. 227: The lights going on and off won the Turner prize in 2001. Lesser-known but equally as interesting are his musical endeavours playing and composing with his band as well as composing a piece commissioned for the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony. This work Variations For String Quartet is an exciting andmulti-layered piece that shows off the best of this artist of many talents.

'This work was completed in 1959 and first performed during the following year by Florence Hooton and the composer.The opening Elegy is an intense lyrical movement with two distinct themes and a final mysterious section in the manner of a slow march. This is followed by a brilliant and energetic Scherzo which is entirely dominated by the opening motive heard first on the Piano while the final movement Theme and Variations is more extended and carries the main emotional weight of the work. A bell-like theme constructed mainly of fourths is followed by variations which bear the titles - Allegro inquieto OSTINATO (a kind of passacaglia) March Appassionato Waltz and finallyCHORALE in this last variation the bell-like texture of the theme is developed and enhanced.'- © Kenneth Leighton

Original Version. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Cet hommage de Tchaïkovski à l'excellent exemple admiré de Mozart et un défi pour le violoncelliste solo: ' Rokoko-variations ', dont le thème suit de près le style de musique du XVIIIe siècle, exige un maximum d'accomplir et brillance technique de la violoncelliste solo. Les variations sont connectées musicalement par orchestrales ritournelles qui, en matière de musique et de la substance, presque forment une deuxième séquence de variations./ Répertoire / Violoncelle et Orchestre

for Six Violoncellos-These are three musical portraits of the sounds and images associated with trains. I. On Track is energetic focusing on the forceful rhythms of a train speeding down the tracks with the reiterated rhythmic patterns (wheels-on-tracks) passed from one cello to another and the more sustained whistle sounds floating above. II. Lonesome Whistle is a blues-oriented movement in a ballad idiom with a texture that is often solo versus accompaniment during the verse sections punctuated by refrains in a homophonic 'barbershop' style. The listener might hear refernce to Harold Arlen's Blues in the Night. III. Coming 'Round is a set of theme and variations on a well-known American train song. The six variations are entitled: Ornamentation Tango Lament Cowboy Sounds and Final Reprise.

These three pieces for cello and piano are meditations – personal secular and musical – on images from religious poetry. The title of No. 1 Angels bending near the earth comes from a carol which begins‘It came upon the midnight clear’ by the Massachusetts pastor and poet Edmund Sears. The full reference is to “angels bending near the earth/to touch their harps of gold” and this is the inspiration forthe music with piano arpeggios swooping down over the rich central band of sound produced by the cello. No. 2’s title In death’s dark vale is a brief paraphrase (from a Scottish hymnal) of Psalm 23; thefull quotation is “yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil”. The image here is of human life lived against the prospect of impending death. The cello plays a hasty self-absorbed continuo whilst around it piano motifs and chords of different height and depth create an evolving backdrop. No. 3 O sapientia is the only movement which quotes a musical original; Hildegard ofBingen’s hymn O virtus sapientiae –“O strength of wisdom”. This is a calm elegaic set of variations for the cello on Hildegard’s melody accompanied by mostly bright optimistic refl ections from thepiano. Commissioned by cellist Jonathan Miller of Boston MA. First performance on 23 September 2016 at Hamilton Hall Salem MA by Jonathan Miller (cello) and Randall Hodgkinson (piano)

Born in Paris in 1899 Francis Poulenc soon became a notable composer and pianist. His Serenade originally composed in 1925-1926 for Voice and Piano met much success as part of his Bawdy Songs. Therefore it was well-received when Maurice Gendron transcribed it for Cello and Piano. Poulenc as a member of Les Six composed music in a style contrary to that of Richard Wagner and impressionists Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Serenade reflects the composer's contrasting style making use of a 6/8 time signature double stops variations in articulation and wide range on the Cello.Being an imaginative and evocative composition Serenade transcribed for Cello and Piano is a pleasurable addition to the repertoire.