Reflections - World-premiere of “Soliloquy” for Five Cellos

500 Main Street,Napa CA 94559

24 September, 2022

Description

A program about loss and humanity, the culmination of a grant from Arts Council Napa Valley, the world-premiere of Eric Moore’s eight-movement “Soliloquy” for Five Cellos, a piece written about the loss of his mother, also a musician, after years of battling cancers. The first half of the program includes a rarely-performed version of Bach’s monumental Ciaccona for Violin, transcribed for cello. Eric Moore | Mantra #070101 for Solo Cello (2021) Anna Þorvaldsdóttir | Transitions for Solo Cello (2014) JS Bach | Violin Partita #2 in D-Minor: V. Ciaccona, arr. Davidoff (1720) Eric Moore | Mantra #070102 for Solo Cello (2021*) - Intermission - Eric Moore | Soliloquy for Solo Cello and Cello Quartet (2022*) 1. Clear Lake 2. Chemical Fires 3. Little Things 4. Gypsy Moths 5. Paths 6. Furthest Thing 7. Hear You There 8. Automne (*Premiere)