Partitions Martin Bresnick pour violoncelle

Bresnick's melancholy solo for cello with piano was inspired by the poem 'Gods Come and Go, Prayers Remain Forever,' by the great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. In the words of the composer: 'Although A...

This work is based on Franz Kafka's last short work Josephine the Singer or the Mouse People. In that valedictory story, Kafka meditates on a mouse diva, Josephine, and the relationship to both her ar...