Growl
- Instrumentation
- Cello Ensemble
- Composed
- 2014
- Duration
- 2'23''
- Publisher
- Composer (self-published)
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About this piece
A short duet for two cellos in D minor, subtitled 'a loud cello duet', composed in January 2014 and recorded by the composer on both parts in October 2017; it is also on his album The Ageless Gate. The second cello drives the piece with a repeated quarter-half-quarter rhythm in double stops, while the first cello alternates long swelling notes with short repeated eighth-note figures and a singing melody. The ending sinks into the lowest register and fades from fff to pp.
Technical overview
The first part stays in bass clef, shifting up to G4 (fourth position) for long notes with hairpins and short repeated eighth figures; the second part plays almost continuous double stops, mostly against an open string with some fingered sixths in first position, using repeated down-bows and accented strokes.
Technical focus
- Ensemble Skills
- Double Stops
- Shifting
- Bow Retakes
- Sustain
- Hairpin Dynamics
- Dynamics
- Rhythm
- Accidentals