A Quiet Lament
- Instrumentation
- Cello
- Composed
- 2021
- Duration
- 2'
- Publisher
- Available from the composer
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About this piece
A two-minute lament for solo cello by North Carolina composer Brittany J. Green, written for cellist Tom Clowes. Over a slow, solemn 6/8 built on a gently repeated dotted figure, the music rises to an impassioned, heavily vibrated climax high on the A string before sinking back to a held low E.
Technical overview
Solemn 6/8 at a slow tempo. Mostly in bass clef in the lower positions, with a short treble-clef passage that climbs to E on the A string, quintuplet semiquaver figures with an accelerando, and a molto vibrato passage in thirds and sixths. Grace-note accents on the low strings and a pianissimo close.
Technical focus
- Dotted Rhythms
- Double Stops
- Dynamics
- Grace Notes
- Hairpin Dynamics
- Legato
- Shifting
- Tempo Changes
- Treble Clef
- Vibrato