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Song of the Birds Arranged for 10 Celli

Arranged by Hans Erik Deckert


Title: Song of the Birds (for 10 Celli)
Composer: Folk Song - Popularized by Pablo Casals
Instrument: Violoncello
Edited By: Hans Erik Deckert
Instrumentation: Violoncello Ensemble
Pages: 4 for the score and 10 for the violoncello parts

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My first meeting with Pablo Casals was in 1951 when I as a young student (with no money) biked all the way from Copenhagen to the Casals Festival in Perpignan (1400 miles). During an orchestra rehearsal the 74-year-old Casals suffered a severe illness. Casals received medical attention and was later able to conduct the concert. At the end of the concert Casals played The Song of the Birds. The effect was overwhelming; everyone in the orchestra and audience wept. It was a powerful experience. People thought it was Casals' very last performance (after his collapse a week earlier). No one could have known that he would live 22 years after this incredible event. I have never forgotten that experience and I am delighted to offer an arrangement of this beautiful song for a cello ensemble.

-Hans Erik Deckert


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