related works
Smoke for Strangers : for prepared flute, violin and contrabass / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl vn db
Sonata : for violoncello solo, 1987 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Six sonatas for two violoncellos : opus IVB / edited by Robert L. Tusler, Willem de Fesch
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
2vc
Symphonic Dances : for cello solo / Jan Vriend
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.