related works
Autumn Breaths: Two Haiku : Version for cello and harp / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc hp
Cello concerto : for one cellist & tape, 1986 / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello; Electronics with different instruments; Cello with multimedia
Scoring:
vc tape
Modo perpetuo : voor cello / Luc Van Hove
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
12vc
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.