Composer’s note: ‘In 2015 I was asked by the Kronberg Festival to write a short piece for solo cello inspired by a sculpture in bronze, ‘Music Power’ by von Arman (b. USA 1928) that was to be exhibited in the Victoria Park there. I was sent a photo of the work and saw what looked like seven old cellos piled up as if in a funeral pyre. What was Arman’s thought behind this? A book ‘The Chronicle of Jazz’ told me that in 1928 an attempt was made to incorporate the cello into jazz which prompted me to attempt a work in that idiom.
10th December 2019 - 12th December 2019 |
Benedict Kloeckner, Howard Blake (others tba), Leipzig
A second album of cello-based chamber music to follow up on the succesful 'Diversions' CD of 2015 |
2nd October 2015 | Benedict Koeckner solo cello, Kronberg Academy |