Cello excerpt · Audition repertoire
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps
Introduction (cellos)
Strange, primordial wakening, odd meters, exposed harmonics and high tessitura.
At a glance
- Instrument
- Cello
- Composer
- Igor Stravinsky
- Work
- Le Sacre du printemps
- Movement
- Introduction (cellos)
- Era
- Modern (c. 1910–1950)
- Composed
- 1913
- Key
- C
- Metre
- 4/4
- Tempo
- Lento · ♩ ≈ 50
- Clef
- Tenor clef
- Level
- Advanced, conservatory level
- Audition list
- Yes, standard excerpt
How to practise it
The bow style, the trouble spots, and the stylistic decisions that come up most often on this excerpt.
Fingering
Tenor clef, practice slowly, every note in tune.
Style
Primordial, strange, no Romantic warmth.
Tags
Work on the technique underneath
Arco's cello curriculum builds the bow strokes, positions, and clef reading this excerpt assumes, with recorded cello playback throughout.