After Hours for Cello and Piano
by Pam Wedgwood
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber Music (ISBN 0571569749)
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About this piece
After Hours is a set of eight original pieces for cello and piano by Pam Wedgwood, published by Faber in 2008 as a follow-on to her Jazzin' About series. The pieces are relaxed jazz, blues and Latin-flavoured character pieces such as 'Call It a Day', 'Sliding Doors' and 'Survivor'. 'Survivor' is on the current ABRSM Grade 5 cello list, so the book is useful for students who want lighter repertoire at that stage.
Technical overview
'Call It a Day' is a swung slow blues in D major (crotchet = 80) built on slurred triplets and hooked dotted figures, with fingerings reaching 4th position on the A string. 'Sliding Doors' (crotchet = 132-144) switches between 5/4, 7/4 and 3/2 in G minor with accented, detached quavers against a percussive piano part. 'Come Dance with Me' opens as a courtly 6/8 in B flat with dotted rhythms, then breaks into a fast boogie-woogie in G with grace notes and slurred quavers.
Technical focus
- Legato
- Shifting
- 3 Note Slurs
- Dotted Rhythms
- Meter Changes
- Dynamics
- Hairpin Dynamics