related works
Femme : for harp / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
La belle dame sans merci : voor violoncello solo, 1991 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Irrlicht : for violoncello / Ludmila Yurina
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Apparences I : for violoncello solo, 1986/7 / Ton de Leeuw
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.