Epilogue
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1921
- Duration
- 5'39''
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
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About this piece
A short, deeply melancholy piece for cello and piano, probably written around 1921 (though possibly as late as 1932) and dedicated to the Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia. Its language is close to that of Clarke's 1919 Sonata, and its overarching sadness has been heard as foreshadowing her later withdrawal from composition. It lasts around five and a half minutes and is published by Oxford University Press in 'Shorter Pieces for Cello and Piano' (2003), alongside the Passacaglia on an Old English Tune and the arrangement 'I'll bid my heart be still'.
Technical overview
Sources say little beyond the slow tempo: a reviewer praises a recording for being 'finely judged in respect of tempo and bow weight', pointing to sustained bowing and tonal control as the main demands.