composer
Wilma Pistorius was born in South Africa, started playing the cello at the age of four, and has been accompanied her whole life by a vivid musical imagination. Her musical ...
related works
Mermaid Bubblegum : for flute or bass flute / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute
Scoring:
fl/fl-b
Solo-sonate : voor violoncello, (1973) / Berend Giltay
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Sonata : for violoncello solo, 1987 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Avances I : pour violoncelle solo / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
composition
Spell Cycle : for one cellist (cello & voice) / Wilma Pistorius
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.