A FEELING OF LONGING OPUS 4
My other compositions in the "Feelings" series started off with me determining the feeling I wanted to depict. This music is the one exception. I love the key of E minor . The Brahms Cello Sonata is in that key and that music is very important to me. If personalities could be described in keys...I would be an E minor one :-). I was excited to experience this key and wanted to write music for my cello in it.
One day I was sitting thinking about how I wanted to play Haydn's Violin Concerto(for cello) and what a long way I had to go before I ever could...sigh....and a light bulb moment occurred. I was "longing" and that feeling I had was a perfect feeling for the key of E minor:-)
Everyone longs for something or someone at one time or another. It could be called wishful thinking by some, but, I like to see it as longing for something that is in the future realm of possibilities. I see it as a positive feeling and working with the notes and chords in this wonderful complex sounding key was exciting and rewarding for me. When I was playing the Brahms E minor Sonata this past summer(2013), I never dreamed that I would be making my own music for my cello , let alone, in my beloved E minor key.
I hope you can hear the feeling of longing in this music and that you enjoy listening to it ......
One day I was sitting thinking about how I wanted to play Haydn's Violin Concerto(for cello) and what a long way I had to go before I ever could...sigh....and a light bulb moment occurred. I was "longing" and that feeling I had was a perfect feeling for the key of E minor:-)
Everyone longs for something or someone at one time or another. It could be called wishful thinking by some, but, I like to see it as longing for something that is in the future realm of possibilities. I see it as a positive feeling and working with the notes and chords in this wonderful complex sounding key was exciting and rewarding for me. When I was playing the Brahms E minor Sonata this past summer(2013), I never dreamed that I would be making my own music for my cello , let alone, in my beloved E minor key.
I hope you can hear the feeling of longing in this music and that you enjoy listening to it ......
