Name: Pantcheff, Richard: ...the field long-slept in pastoral green...
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Pantcheff, Richard: ...the field long-slept in pastoral green...

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Arrangement: for solo violoncello
Edition Type: score
Publisher: Composers Edition
Catalogue Number: ce-rp2tfls1
Pages: 8
Date Published: 9th Nov 2020

This work was specially commissioned by Mickey Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the United States, and has been written for him to record and put online during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The work is called "...the field long-slept in pastoral green...", and comprises three movements of just one minute's duration each.

The intention is that the piece should help us to reflect upon the effects of the pandemic. On the one hand, this might be the loss of family members, loved ones, livelihoods, or jobs. On the other hand, however, the work is also one of hope, based upon the fact that the pandemic has perhaps given us more opportunity to engage with our natural environment, and appreciate its beauty.

The title of the work "...the field long-slept in pastoral green..." is a quotation from a poem entitled 'The Apparition' by the great American writer, Herman Melville. I chose it as a reminder for us that in difficult times the beauty of the natural world is a source of comfort to us, and in better times a reflection of hope and re-birth.

Commissioned by Mickey Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the USA, for recording and posting onto the internet during the Covid-19 lockdown. Premiered on 31st May 2020.

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