Sheet music in detail
Rainbow cello trios
About the composer
Yôko NakamuraYôko Nakamura (*1957) started learning composition at the age of 15 under Masato Uchida, who studied under André Jolivet at the Paris Conservatoire. She graduated from the Composition Department, Faculty of Music, TokyoUniversity of the Arts, where she studied under Prof. Atsutada Otaka, who learned from H. Dutilleux, M. Bitsch and M. Deruflé. At the same time she learned from the late composer T. Ikenouchi, who was the first Japanese to graduate from Paris Conservatoire and introduced the Écriture of the Paris Conservatoire to Japan. In 2007 Yôko Nakamura released the CD "Wolfgang Boettcher plays Japan", which contains her "Suite No.1 for unaccompanied cello". That Suite is published at "Ries&Erler, Berlin".
Her Rainbow cello trios for young cellists are published by the Musikverlag Hauke Hack.
About the composition
Seven child-friendly pieces for young cellists:
1. Marsch der drei Bärenjungen (March of the Three Bear Cubs)
2. Im Märchenwald (In the Enchanted Forest)
3. Marienkäfer-Menuett (Ladybird Minuet)
4. Fanfare
5. Siciliano
6. Sarabande vom Froschkönig (Sarabande from the Frog Prince)
7. Segel setzen (Setting Sail)
The tonal and harmonic appeal requires only traditional playing techniques. Each movement is distinct in character, yet a distinctive compositional style is evident. The keys of C major, G major, and A minor form the basis of the independent movements.
The first part extends to d2 in one piece, but mostly moves in the neck positions, sometimes 5th/6th positions. The second part moves up to a maximum of 4th position. The third part extends to f1 in one movement, and to e1 in another, otherwise lower.
Yôko Nakamura has defined the dynamics and articulation with great nuance, while bowing and fingering details have deliberately been left open for individual arrangement.
The edition comprises 17 pages of score and 7 pages of individual parts.