The Knights' Pavane
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 2023
- Duration
- 0'45''
- Publisher
- ABRSM (Cello Exam Pack from 2024, Initial Grade; also sold by ABRSM as a single-piece digital download)
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About this piece
The Knights' Pavane is a short piece for cello and piano by Althea Talbot-Howard, a British composer and former professional oboist. ABRSM published it in 2023 in its Cello Exam Pack from 2024, Initial Grade, where it is set as List B piece 3. The same piece is also on ABRSM's Initial Grade lists for violin, viola and double bass. Marked 'Stately' (crotchet = c.96), it is in G major and common time and begins with a two-bar piano introduction. ABRSM's official recording, by cellist Katherine Jenkinson, lasts about 45 seconds.
Technical overview
An Initial Grade piece in G major and common time, marked Stately (crotchet = c.96), after a two-bar introduction. The visible bars of ABRSM's sample page show minims and crotchets in first position on the D string (E and F sharp, bar 5), rising to the A string (bar 6), with mf (bar 3) and mp (bar 9), a down-bow sign at bar 13 and a hairpin under bar 13. The sample shows only the first notes of each line, so the full range, bowings and ending were not seen.
Technical focus
- Dynamics
- Hairpin Dynamics
- D String Notes
- A String Notes
- Collaboration with Piano