Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
05/05/2001
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
RNCM Manchester International Cello Festival ensemble / Aldo Parisot
Composer's Notes
In 1999–2000, I wrote an orchestral piece entitled Rapture for Mariss Jansons and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. When approached by Ralph Kirshbaum to write a short, joyful piece for massed cellos for this year’s festival, I decided to develop further some of the material from Rapture. Rapturedux begins where Rapture ends, on an F major chord, and then finds its own way forward.
— Christopher Rouse
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