Kaija Saariaho
Neiges
Version for12 Cellists
Kaija Saariaho
Neiges
Version for12 Cellists
- Instrumentation 12 Cellos
- Composer Kaija Saariaho
- Edition Study Score
- Publisher Chester Music
- Order no. CH69795
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Description:
Originally written as an octet, this version of Kaija Saariaho’s Neiges calls for twelve cellos. In the composer’s words, “When I considered the ensemble of eight cellos, I first thought of matt and dark textures. I also wanted to go back to some ideas on symmetry. While I was pondering all that, I saw snow flakes falling from the dark sky of the Finnish autumn. Focusing on the snow, the idea of writing variations on it and its various forms became clearer in my mind.”