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- Oliver Davis
Morpheus (2018)
- Eaton Music (World)
- 0000/4000/timp.perc(cyms)/hp.pf/str
- Cello
- 9 min 43 s
Programme Note
I wanted to write more for the cello so commenced work on Morpheus, a cello concerto for Katherine Jenkinson. For the first movement she suggested I make use of the powerful, brilliant high register that the cello has. The second movement is written around a 12-note sequence which varies only slightly throughout the movement. I wrote the solo cello part to ‘float’ over this sequence. The last movement has a driving intensity, with repeated triplet passages providing momentum.
Morpheus features on the album 'Liberty', recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Paul Bateman.
Morpheus features on the album 'Liberty', recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Paul Bateman.