String Ensemble,String Trio - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.861852

Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 8 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6203889. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861852).

In The Summertime (cello – vln, vla, cel) MO167D

Cello Part (score and parts available)

Music by Mark O’Connor

4 pages - 6:00 minutes in length

 

In The Summertime is comprised of two parts, with two distinct messages. The first speaks to the space of wonderment in our lives, where good friends and experiences surround us. A time spent looking forward to the continuing joy and merrymaking of the innocence and purpose that brought us together.

We then travel to where agelessness ends, where innocence no longer lingers. The bitterness within a life that begins to be complicated where it wasn¹t before starts to overwhelm the sweetness on the tongue. Still, the B-section of the piece yearns backward and forward at the same time. Tugging at the memory of what came before to find and create meaning farther on.

So many of us expect life to continue to deliver its many delights, without realizing that it was the innocence and freedom, the faith in the possible that created the delightful condition of youth. After a playful frolic with the instruments dancing about in the musical forest, the A and B parts return, reminding us that unlike time that moves ever forward, the journey back to the wonder and freedom of childhood awaits us all.

 

Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.

Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connor

using Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006

 

Composed by Mark O’Connor

The accompanying MP3 is of Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz Trio (touring ensemble) with Becca Albers and Mike Block, performing live in 2007 at the Aspen Music Festival.

 

Catalogue Number MO167D

Copyright © 2006 by Mark O’Connor Music International

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