related works
Delight : for viola da gamba / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vla-gamba
Cortège : extrait de Display V, (1981-1983), pour 12 violoncellistes, 1990 / Maarten Bon
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
12vc
Suite : for cello solo / Sem Dresden
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
Author(s):
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.