Dark Moon
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 2001
- Duration
- 3'
- Publisher
- Canadian Music Centre
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About this piece
Dark Moon is a short piece for cello and piano by Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré, written in 2001 on a commission from the Canadian Music Centre's Prairie Region. Carrabré's own works list describes the scoring as 'cello (Grade 5) and piano', which suggests it was written as student repertoire. The Royal Conservatory of Music's Cello Syllabus (2013 Edition) sets it as Grade 9 List C (Concert Repertoire), with the CMC given as the score source. The CMC library holds the score as an unpublished work printed on demand (call number MI 3213 C311da) and also has an archival recording timed at 3:03. No commercial recording or public video has been found. Carrabré's other cello works include Twitch and Bow (Dance for Cello and Mask), Ancestral Drones for cello and fixed audio, and the sonata Red River.
Technical overview
A single short movement of about 3 minutes for cello and piano. I could not see the score, so the specific technical demands are unconfirmed. The composer labels the cello part Grade 5, but the RCM syllabus places it at Grade 9.