Eight Systems
Composed for a concert of new short works performed by Cassia Streb (viola) and April Guthrie (‘cello) on October 12, 2005.
MP3 of first performance
Duration: 5-6 minutes
Year(s) of composition:Â 2005
Archive for the ‘cello Category
See You Soon
Posted in 'cello, piano, song, voice on February 21, 2015 by Jacob Feinberg
See You Soon
A setting of a poem by Mazarine Treyz.
MP3Â as performed by:
Soprano – Kris Wildman
Piano – Danny Holt
‘Cello – Aniela Perry
Duration:Â approx 4:00 (this recording 4:06)
Year(s) of composition:Â 2004
The performers begin and end each phrase together but intentionally drift rhythmically in-between.
A door just opened on a street…
Posted in 'cello, piano, song, voice on February 20, 2015 by Jacob Feinberg
A door just opened on a street…
MP3 as performed by:
Soprano – Kris Wildman
Piano – Danny Holt
‘Cello – Aniela Perry
Duration:Â 2:50
Year(s) of composition:Â 2003, revised 2005
A setting of an Emily Dickinson poem. One of five such pieces used in Solitude, a collaborative project with five filmmakers. The original vocal line, which contained the words of the poem, was moved to the ‘cello part and the poem’s stanzas are not sung in the revised version.
A door just opened on a street–
I, lost, was passing by–
An instant’s width of warmth disclosed
And wealth, and company.
The door as sudden shut, and I,
I, lost, was passing by,–
Lost doubly, but by contrast most,
Enlightening misery.