Grave
Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano
I wrote Grave for cello and piano to honour the memory of Stefan Jarociński. As he devoted a great part of his activity to Debussy, I thought it only appropriate to put the first four notes of Pelléas and Mélisande at the beginning of my composition. These four notes provide the starting point for the melodic line of the cello. The work consists of a sort of metamorphoses in which just as in my Funeral Music the rhythmic values are gradually broken down, providing the illusion of a quickening tempo. Before the end of the composition the four notes from Pelléas recur.
The first permormance of Grave took place at the National Museum in Warsaw on April 22, 1981, during an evening devoted to Stefan Jarociński. The performers were Roman Jabłoński and Krystyna Borucińska.
Witold Lutosławski
- Language of edition: eng, pol
- Number of pages: 22
- Cover: softcover
- No. of edition: 2
- Published: 2002
- Type: solo part (instrumental) + accompaniment
- Size: N4 vertical (235x305 mm)
