(in)somnia (2015)
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Instrumentation -
cello solo
Duration - ca. 12'50''
Performance history -
March 25, 2017, Boston, US, Yi Cheng
March 12 & 13, 2018, Montreal, Canada, Erin Patterson
January 23, Essen, 2020, Germany and September 2, 2022, Halberstadt, Germany, Yiyang Zhao
Programme Notes -
I wrote this piece as a personal gist for a friend in Berlin. It was a period I got insomnia. I used most of the night times composing this piece. There are a lot of notes in the middle sections. To actually write so many notes on paper is a very time-consuming job. Finally, I found myself being able to sleep while drawing note-heads…
Recording by Yi Cheng
Click to purchase the score.
Instrumentation -
cello solo
Duration - ca. 12'50''
Performance history -
March 25, 2017, Boston, US, Yi Cheng
March 12 & 13, 2018, Montreal, Canada, Erin Patterson
January 23, Essen, 2020, Germany and September 2, 2022, Halberstadt, Germany, Yiyang Zhao
Programme Notes -
I wrote this piece as a personal gist for a friend in Berlin. It was a period I got insomnia. I used most of the night times composing this piece. There are a lot of notes in the middle sections. To actually write so many notes on paper is a very time-consuming job. Finally, I found myself being able to sleep while drawing note-heads…
Recording by Yi Cheng
© 2022 by Zhuosheng Jin.