Larghetto and Siciliana
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1967
- Duration
- 5'30''
- Publisher
- Fennica Gehrman
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About this piece
Larghetto and Siciliana is a pair of short pieces for cello and piano that Yagling wrote in 1967. The score subtitles the Larghetto "a piece in ancient style": a slow, singing line over steady repeated chords in the piano. The Siciliana is a gentle dance in compound time that opens with a quiet, non-vibrato phrase on the G string and later moves into a faster più mosso section. The Larghetto has also been recorded on its own, by Raphaela Gromes and by the Reger Duo.
Technical overview
The Larghetto's melody lies mostly in thumb position on the A string, written in treble clef from the first bar, with slow slurred sixteenth-note turns and moves between tenor and treble clef. The Siciliana adds a high passage on the G string marked non-vibrato and then ordinario, a section in treble clef, and several changes of time signature.
Technical focus
- Thumb Position
- A String Notes
- G String Notes
- Shifting
- Slurs
- Vibrato
- Hairpin Dynamics
- Dynamics
- Tempo Changes
- Meter Changes
- Collaboration with Piano