Epyllion
- Instrumentation
- Cello, String Orchestra
- Composed
- 1975
- Duration
- 14'
- Publisher
- Chester Music (Wise Music Classical), hire only
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About this piece
A work for solo cello and an ensemble of 15 strings, commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival. Cellist Kenneth Heath gave the first performance with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under Neville Marriner on 13 July 1975. It has four sections: Lento moderato, a Scherzo (Vivo), Lento and Moderato. In the composer's programme note on the publisher's page, the solo cello acts as the leading character of the story rather than as a concerto virtuoso, and the strings move between solo and group roles.
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