Keane Southard
The Dove in the Ash Grove A Fantasy on Two Welsh Folk Songs for
Cello and Piano
(2012) (Duration: c. 6 mins.)
Program notes: The Dove in the Ash Grove for Cello and Piano was commissioned by the Cellist Christine Thomas Tsen. I began work on the piece in September 2012 and completed it in November of the same year. Christine asked me for a piece that would incorporate Welsh folk songs that have to do with birds for inclusion on her next CD called “Cello Ornithology” and sent me a few of these folk songs. I didn’t think I would be familiar with any of them, but one of the tunes, “The Ash Grove,” I actually know very well as the hymn “Let All Things Now Living,” not ever knowing the tune was a Welsh folk song. I decided to have the entire piece center around this tune. Later on in the compositional process, I decided to add another folk song, “The Dove,” which I found fit well in counterpoint with The Ash Grove. What ultimately resulted was a fun fantasy on these two tunes with some tinges of jazz. Keane Southard 2012
Performance instructions: 1. Unless otherwise indicated, the damper pedal on the piano should be used discreetly to allow for maximum clarity. 2. All arpeggios (rolls) should start before the beat and end on the beat. All notated arpeggios should do performed as such, even if the pianist’s hand is large enough to play it as a block chord. All chords that are not indicated as arpeggiated should not be arpeggiated, unless the reach of the pianist’s hand is too small.
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Commissioned by Cellist Christine Thomas Tsen
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Commissioned by Cellist Christine Thomas Tsen
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