Cello Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1113882 Composed by Nicholas Yandell. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Individual part. 5 pages. Nicholas Yandell Music #715783. Published by Nicholas Yandell Music (A0.1113882). Written in 2013. Commissioned by cellist Micah Claffey and premiered by him in 2014. Studio recorded (also by Micah Claffey) in 2015. Has also been performed by Marilyn de Oliveira (Assistant Principal Cello of the Oregon Symphony) and Diane Chaplin. Duration: Around 8 minutes; one movement. Level: Great for a student recital piece; popular with college students. A rich, expressive, melodic piece written idiomatically for the cello's voice; easy for a performer to personalize. Appropriate for intermediate students, but certainly challenging enough to be of interest to professionals as well. Program Notes: This work is the third of three solo cello pieces written for Micah Claffey on pastoral/nature themes. The title refers to the surface of a body of water as one’s head breaks through after a long and strenuous swim beneath it. The core of this work is about defining the character of peace through the odyssey of a single cello’s musical voice. The peace theme starts as just a seed in the beginning; incomplete; represented by the first four notes (a pitch class: 0,4,6,7 or inverted as 0,1,3,7). The cello then plunges into tempestuous waters, but the seed is never lost throughout all the metamorphoses it goes through and all the commotion that surrounds it and this middle section becomes a time of catharsis and refinement. Finally, in the latter third of the work, the theme of peace breaks the surface in its complete form, starting out timidly, but soon climaxing to a powerful and penetrating statement and ending with a sense of relief, clarity, and renewal that exist not in spite of the tumultuous journey, but because of it. Performing Rights Organization: ASCAP Website: www.nicholasyandell.com.

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1026051 Composed by Thomas Marples. Contemporary. Individual part. 6 pages. Thomas Marples #5775771. Published by Thomas Marples (A0.1026051). Cello part only - This piano trio performs as a dramatic battle between the Violist and Cellist to have the last word, or in this case, the last note, and win the overall piece. The exciting and fast-paced musical dialogue between the two players is interrupted by a series of expressive but furious cadenzas, which builds to a series of unsuspecting climaxes.Thoughts from the composer - I found it a great challenge to build up and explore the narrative of the piece musically, but ultimately a rewarding one, especially in concert, where the true theatricality of the Duel can be brought to life..

Cello Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1181209 By Yann Tiersen. By Yann Tiersen. Arranged by Fabio Eduardo de Oliveira. Classical,Film/TV. Individual part. 2 pages. Fabio Eduardo #781046. Published by Fabio Eduardo (A0.1181209). FREE DOWNLOAD PLAYBACK https://www.fabioeduardomusiconline.com/freedownloadComptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi is considered one of Yann Tiersen's best piano compositions, from the album Amélie. These songs were the soundtrack for the French Academy Award winning motion picture film 'Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. Yann Tierson is a noted French composer, most famous for Amélie. His music is mostly composed for piano, harpsichord, violin, and accordion. The animation is from Aniboom Animations, describing life as a song. The depiction is more on a meloncholy scale, describing the major climaxes of the life of an old man as his wife's death, his friend's death on the battlefield, and the rapture of his grandson.

Cello Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1181249 By Yann Tiersen. By Yann Tiersen. Arranged by Fabio Eduardo de Oliveira. Classical,Film/TV. Individual part. 2 pages. Fabio Eduardo #781086. Published by Fabio Eduardo (A0.1181249). FREE DOWNLOAD PLAYBACK https://www.fabioeduardomusiconline.com/freedownloadLa Valse D'amelie from the album Amélie. These songs were the soundtrack for the French Academy Award winning motion picture film 'Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. Yann Tierson is a noted French composer, most famous for Amélie. His music is mostly composed for piano, harpsichord, violin, and accordion. The animation is from Aniboom Animations, describing life as a song. The depiction is more on a meloncholy scale, describing the major climaxes of the life of an old man as his wife's death, his friend's death on the battlefield, and the rapture of his grandson.

Cello Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998867 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Individual part. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #6348459. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998867). Monody is a fast tempo study for solo cello which explores the development of a single line (there is no double stopping). The work centres around E minor, and states the main motif at the outset (E, G, F#). This is then extended and transformed throughout the course of the piece. An initial introductory motivic passage is followed by a scalic section that features another core concept of the work; that of the octatonic scale (alternating semitones and tones, or vice versa). Then comes the main extended scherzo-like section, itself in a ternary structure, that exploits permutations of the opening motif and the octatonic scale, across the entire range of the cello. The work builds towards a climax, including in extreme high pitch and loud dynamics. After a silence, there follows a very quiet and mysterious muted coda, which briefly recounts the main motivic ideas of the piece, before ending on the only pizzicato note of the work. The piece is accessible and is appropriate for high standard cellists, including advanced and professional players.Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.