Sanguine
(2022)

They say that the cello is the closest instrument to the human voice; therefore, the inspiration for these five solo cello pieces primarily came from language and words. A collection of longform melodies that explore the lyricism and expressivity the cello has to offer.

Movements:

In Secret Kept- Solo Cello

In Secret Kept

Photographer: Anne Brigman

“The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept; in silence sealed;
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.”
~ Charlotte Brontë

Sanguine

Still from Love In The Afternoon, directed by Billy Wilder, 1957

Sanguine: optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

The Beauty That Still Remains- Solo Cello

The Beauty That Still Remains

Photographer: Unknown

“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains”
~ Anne Frank

Airling- Solo Cello

Airling

Photographer: Unknown

Airling: a thoughtless, light-hearted person.

Soliloquy

Photographer: Peter Buchorne

Soliloquy: an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers.

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