I looked at the reading on my hiking compass: the temperature inside the church at 3:00 p.m. at the time of the concert by cellist Seoyoung Lee and organist Hee-Jung Hwang was just 10°C (50°F). Brrrr! But what surprising, atmospheric music it was. The cello voice projects perfectly in the sanctuary.
H ow large can the literature for cello-organ duo be? Not too big, but due to composers’ increasing interest in it and several important recent commissions, the repertoire is growing.
F or a space as reverberous as St. Peterskirche, it’s important to keep the tempo slow—so the echoes have a chance to fade and not muddy what comes next. The meditative quality of the setting surely supports taking things at a slower-than-usual tempo anyway.
- David Bednall - Sonata
- Jean-Baptiste Breal - Sonate V in G-dur
- Gabriel Fauré - Elegie, Op. 24, Siciliennen, Op. 78
- Wilhelm Fitzenhagen - Resignation, Op.8
- Georg Goltermann - Andante religioso, Op.56
- Russell Hepplewhite - Invisible Landscapes
- Jean Huré - Air
- Theodor Kirchner - 2 Tonstücke, Op.92 for cello and organ
- Julius Klengel - Andante Sostenuto, Op.51
- Gustav Merkel - Ariosa, Op.55
- Serge Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
- Camille Saint-Saens - Le Cygne
- Timothy Salter - Vitis flexuosa
- Oskar Wermann - Sonata for Cello and Organ, Op.58
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