Day 14

Hello! Two Videos again - no pdf.

About S.lurs

Practicing S.lur Bursts

Downloads:
Nothing today :)

Today’s Recommended Listening:

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Elegie for Cello and Piano
Maria Kleigel, cello & Nina Tichman, piano
[Spotify] - 7 minutes

Gabriel Fauré was a student of Camille Saint-Saens.
It’s like the song goes:
Ca-mille CamilleCamilleCamille
Camille Ca-Miiiiiiille Saint-Saens.
He taught Fauré,
He taught Faurééééééééééééééééééé
[to “Karma Chameleon”]

Like Saint-Saens, Fauré wrote extensively for Cello and Piano. The Elegie is one of those pieces that gets interpreted so differently from everyone, it’s really interesting. With simple descending scale and turns, Faure says so much. A part of what makes this piece incredible is how the change in the harmony affects the melody and the architecture of the piece.

You’ll occasionally find recordings of this with cello + orchestra, FYI.

Maria Kleigel is one of the most-recorded cellists of today and is a fantastic reference for so much of the literature. She studied with Janos Starker at Indiana and she currently teaches at the music conservatory in Köln.

What to explore next:

1. Fauré | Cello Sonata #1 [Maria Kleigel]

2. Fauré | Requiem [Choir of Kings College - my dad’s favorite]

3. Alfred Schnittke | Cello Sonata #1 (especially II. Presto) [Maria Kleigel]

See you tomorrow!
—Eric