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Improvisation and cadenza / Larry Sitsky ; performed by David Pereira
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Work Overview
In the very early 60s, soon after returning to Australia after my
postgraduate studies in the
USA at the San Francisco Conservatory, I decided to write a cello
concerto. Unfortunately,
I was green behind the ears and totally unprepared for this
difficult task. After sketching a
certain amount of the piece, I simply had to give up.
Some years later the Swiss cellist, Raffaele Altwegg, asked me
for a solo piece. I remembered
the fragmentary cello concerto and, in 1969, extracted material
from it to create the
Improvisation and Cadenza. The 'Improvisation' part represents
the thematic material of
the first movement; the 'Cadenza' is more-or-less as it was in
the unfinished work, as is the
wind-up after it.
Work Details
Year: 1964
Instrumentation: Viola.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Peter Komlos
Performances of this work
22 Jun 72: Canberra. Featuring Christian Wojtowicz.
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