Cello Sonata
Cello Sonata was written for cellist Daniel Lelchuk. This is a piece that grapples with expansion, exploring a musical form and development that resembles a branch of ideas that stems in all sorts of directions from small, minuscule components.
- Ensemble
- cello and piano
- Duration
- c. 12 minutes
- Year
- 2024
- Dedication
- for Daniel Lelchuk
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Premiere recording by Aidan Vass and Daniel Lelchuk (tonsehen, 2025)
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Gemeinsam erarbeitete Cellosonate
Pizzicato
“The piece alternates between virtuosic and lyrical sections, between upsurge and pensiveness, between robustness and fragility. Color changes and dynamic nuances as well as the musical gestures create a continuous rhetoric that makes listening exciting due to the quasi-improvisational character and the unpredictability of the gestures.”
Aidan Vass and Daniel Lelchuk Release 'Cello Sonata'
Serenade Magazine
“...the piece is very well written for the instrument. A big part of writing effective music is understanding how individual instruments work from a physical point of view. If you don't understand the mechanics of an instrument and you're composing for it, you're not really setting yourself up for success, to put it mildly. Aidan's writing demonstrates real expertise and knowledge of the cello.”
Jacobs alum Daniel Lelchuk blends virtuosity and vision in 'Cello Sonata'
Indiana Daily Student
“[Cello Sonata] has a sort of ambiguous, almost disturbing ending to it that is rather unsettling, and I find that very intriguing. There's almost a lack of finality in the ending and an emotional ambiguity. And I think audiences, when they start hearing it in concert, will find it very intriguing, too."”