2 Waltzes for Cello and Piano
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1997
- Duration
- 6'
- Publisher
- Nuova musica consonante / Liana Alexandra Estate (free on IMSLP)
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About this piece
Two waltzes for cello and piano, arranged by Alexandra in 1997 from her own music: one comes from her score The Little Mermaid and the other from her Alto Saxophone Concerto. The set lasts about six minutes and is dedicated to her husband, the cellist Serban Nichifor, who gave the first performance with the composer at the piano in Pescara, Italy, in 1997. The score and cello part are free on IMSLP from her estate.
Technical overview
Two contrasting waltzes in 3/4. Waltz I (F major, bass clef) stays within the lower positions up to the fourth, with dotted rhythms, staccato and frequent chromatic accidentals. Waltz II (B-flat minor, five flats) is harder: an 'Andantino, dolce' written mostly in treble clef in the upper positions, then an Allegro section of slurred, chromatic eighth-note runs in bass clef, before a da capo.
Technical focus
- Treble Clef
- Shifting
- Accidentals
- Dotted Rhythms
- Articulation
- Slurs
- Hairpin Dynamics
- Tempo Changes
- Collaboration with Piano