Score & Part [ePDF]
Duet for Cello and Piano : [eScore] / May Lyon.
Score & Part
Duet for Cello and Piano / May Lyon.
Library shelf no. 787.4/LYO 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Duet for Cello and Piano is based around several themes and the idea of limitations. Each movement has a different limitation until later in the third movement where the cello finally breaks free and both instruments move into the flowing and limitless fourth.
I: Restricted by the pitch of the themes, so that only certain pitches appear either in sequence or as a chord.
II: Combines several themes at the extremes of range, in a fast paced, detached, and repetitive form that then becomes increasingly restricted in range.
III: Expansive, varying the main themes used earlier. Although the piano is restricted to the same patterns, the cello becomes increasingly expressive.
IV: Presents the only true melody, which has been hinted to earlier in the piece. Both instruments play romantically and become progressively higher, eventually floating away in a semi-improvised finale.
Work Details
Year: 2019
Instrumentation: Cello, piano. Includes improvisation.
Duration: 17 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Rhythmic complexity, extended techniques, improvisation
Movements I, II, III written in 2013, with IV finalised in 2019.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Multi movement, improvisation, limitation
Performances of this work
6 May 23: St Stephen's Anglican Church, 360 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria. Featuring Campbell Banks, Leigh Harrold.
22 Sep 2021: at Syzygy Ensemble: Warp and Weft (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Campbell Banks, Leigh Harrold.
11 Jul 21: Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056. Featuring Campbell Banks, Leigh Harrold.
19 Jun 19: Some Velvet morning, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Featuring Louis Nicoll, Darcy Gilkerson.
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