related works
Vertooning : for harp solo, 1997 / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Apparences I : for violoncello solo, 1986/7 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Octopus : per un coro di otto violoncelli, 2004 / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
8vc
Chodok Nº 2, "Viennese" : for violoncello / Jakub Polaczyk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
composition
Bella figura : for violoncello solo, 2000 / Willem Jeths
Other authors:
Jeths, Willem
(Composer)
Description:
Première: 22-2-2000
Small Hall Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Frances-Marie Uitti
Bella Figura is based on the use of four open strings that are played in all possible combinations of large double stops alternating with subtile tone-quarter fluctuations. It is a game of extremes, of different color possibilities of the cello. Many playing techniques are must be used; from very "sul ponticello" to very loud scratches. The work is a research on tone and bowing; a work about the cello, the bella figura. - Willem Jeths