arr. Johanne Perron and Claudio Jaffe

Sheet music in PDF Format: 2 cello parts and score. Advanced/Professional level. The parts are scans of the original sheet music. The score was re-created digitally and is not properly formatted, but included as a courtesy.

Youtube Recording: https://youtu.be/RUSlrHK13bk?si=vlrHyWKTzVkuLIDc

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A dreamy, lightly bossa nova inspired piece for one solo cello and three accompaniment cellists. The solo part is suitable for intermediate to advanced/professional cellists, and the accompaniment parts can be played by advanced beginners or intermediate players in addition to more advanced players. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

This version for 4 cellos of On Transatlantic Heritage is a bit trickier than the original for 5 cellos (see below in the Cello Quintet section) and is best for advanced and professional cellists. It is a powerful and emotional piece with a triumphant middle section and a questioning beginning and end. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection Music Video: https://youtu.be/djMHwgoCldA

This piece is suitable for a mixed-level group of intermediate to advanced players, with Cello IV being the easiest part. It is a brooding, pondering piece that opens up in the middle with a hopeful and happy moment. It is a redaction of the original Cello Quintet version also available in the Quintet section of the page. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

For a cello quartet of intermediate to advanced/professional cellists, Rituals explores the harmony and clashing of human beings and their rituals. Rhythms grate against each other and then come together. It is a very powerful piece, fun to play and an audience pleaser. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

Describing the long life of a tree from seedling to towering giant, and all the human activity that happens around it over decades, this cello quartet for advanced and professional players features several different sections with different moods, busy and bustling to majestic and towering. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

The Sunshine State: tropical beaches and tourist destinations, and yet in South Florida where I grew up, it meant also the Everglades, and strong Jewish communities. This piece shows how quirky and special South Florida is, where South America, beaches, Jews, Klezmer, and swamps all come together in one great tourist destination. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

This cello quartet is suitable for advanced and professional cellists, with high parts in all voices. It speaks of the "Roter Faden", the red thread that ties our history together and creates a narrative we can follow, and of the way time seems to both move and stand still. Parts and Score. Listen here: https://natashajaffe.com/album/2346019/cello-in-reflection

Sheet music from both Cello in Bloom and Cello in Reflection - 16 pieces just for cello quartets of all levels! Songs Included: Camel Song - Dance of the Pernambuco - Fall in Berlin - Folded Memories - For All the Horses - In the Mist of Reality - Lovely Love Suite - On Transatlantic Heritage - Prelude Down the Bach - Reflections - Rituals - Seedlings - Stars & Galaxies - Sunshine State - The Hive - The Loom of Time