Huw Watkins
Sonata For Cello And Eight Instruments
for Solo Cello and Chamber Ensemble of 8 Players (Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Double Bass) - Score
Huw Watkins
Sonata For Cello And Eight Instruments
for Solo Cello and Chamber Ensemble of 8 Players (Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Double Bass) - Score
- Instrumentation Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Double Bass
- Composer Huw Watkins
- Edition Score
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. 0571519245
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Description:
Huw Watkins’ Sonata for Cello and Eight Instruments was composed for his brother, Paul, to perform with the Nash Ensemble. Its first movement is a vigorous Allegro in sonata form. The cello plays almost continuously throughout the movement, resting only in the more lyrical, central section. In the second movement the cello assumes a lyrical character against the austere background provided by the woodwind. The last movement is another Allegro which dissolves in a recapitulatory coda after reaching its climax. Sonata for Cello and Eight Instruments is a Faber Music Millennium Series commission. Huw Watkins was nominated by Thomas Adès.