Random Act | for cello or viola and guitar by Frank A. Wallace
Random Act
by Frank Wallace
for cello or viola with guitar; a romantic melody in a lush modal texture; ALL PARTS INCLUDED
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10
by Frank Wallace
for cello or viola with guitar; a romantic melody in a lush modal texture; ALL PARTS INCLUDED
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10
Written for: Kerena and Paul Moeller; fall, 2006
Duration: 6 minutes; 6 pages
Difficulty level: Moderate guitar part; extended range for cello
Instrumentation: cello or viola, guitar
World premiere: cellist Pei-Chieh Chang with guitarist Steve Lin, April 20, 2007, Boston Classical Guitar Society at Old South Church
All Gyre compositions are ASCAP
Copyright ©2007 Frank A. Wallace
Cover photography and design by Nancy Knowles
All rights reserved.
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REVIEW: Soundboard 2010
“Each piece composed by Frank Wallace that I have had the opportunity to see has been a joy. So, once more, I can confirm the same opinion: this nice, short chamber composition for cello and guitar is, in many ways, perfectly balanced. Its general structure, its musical language, its treatment of both instruments, and so on, show a very stable and skillful author. Furthermore, I am very happy to find, throughout his music, that he seems to be one of those guitar music creators who really has something new to say. Cello and guitar are a very nice chamber combination, and unfortunately not so much explored as is the case with guitar and violin, flute, or voice. So this Random Act in D minor is a more-than-welcome piece to the general cello-guitar oeuvre. Also, the music for both instruments is easily interpreted, with no need for any special gymnastics.”
Uros Dojcinovic, SOUNDBOARD, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, 2010, page 100
“Each piece composed by Frank Wallace that I have had the opportunity to see has been a joy. So, once more, I can confirm the same opinion: this nice, short chamber composition for cello and guitar is, in many ways, perfectly balanced. Its general structure, its musical language, its treatment of both instruments, and so on, show a very stable and skillful author. Furthermore, I am very happy to find, throughout his music, that he seems to be one of those guitar music creators who really has something new to say. Cello and guitar are a very nice chamber combination, and unfortunately not so much explored as is the case with guitar and violin, flute, or voice. So this Random Act in D minor is a more-than-welcome piece to the general cello-guitar oeuvre. Also, the music for both instruments is easily interpreted, with no need for any special gymnastics.”
Uros Dojcinovic, SOUNDBOARD, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, 2010, page 100
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Copyright ©2007 Frank A. Wallace
Cover photography and design by Nancy Knowles
All rights reserved.