related works

Looking for the Possible Embrace : for violoncello / Wilma Pistorius

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello
Scoring: vc

Vijf jeugdwerken : voor verschillende instrumenten, 1954/61 / Jos Kunst

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano; Cello; String trio (violin, viola, cello); Voice and instrument(s); String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: pf ; vc ; 2vl vc ; ten vl vc ; 2vl vla vc

Al Hisar - الحصار : for violoncello / Katia Tiutiunnik

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello
Scoring: vc

Irrlicht : for violoncello / Ludmila Yurina

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello
Scoring: vc

composition

Spell Cycle : for one cellist (cello & voice) / Wilma Pistorius

Other authors:
Pistorius, Wilma (Composer)
Description:
Spell Cycle is based on a Zulu creation myth of the creator goddess Mamaravi, as told by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa and illustrated by Mark Mckeown in "Ma: Book One of the Tree of Life Trilogy" (2014). It is a story of a goddess creating the world, and like her story, the piece is a ritual, a dance and a lullaby. Through the piece, like a golden thread or a spell, runs a text in Zulu, the magical language of Pistorius’ childhood.