"...sed fieri sentio" / For 8 cellos - per 8 violoncelli

“…sed fieri sentio” (“…But I Feel It Happening”) For 8 cellos - per 8 violoncelli (2011) Full score - Partitura As in a theatrical scene, 8 cellos are characters acting on the stage in a sort of dialogue between groups, or in a full operatic “concertato”. Narration is the basic element. A story where several situations occur and memories are back from the past, finally leading to the end of a journey when, looking back, we maybe can understand the sense of the journey itself. The title is a verse from a poem by Catullus (Carmina, LXXXV): "Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior". (I hate and I love. How can I do this, perhaps you ask? I do not know, but I feel it happening, and I am in pain.) My warmest thanks to my friend, the great cellist Enrico Bronzi, for having asked me to write this piece. Simone Fontanelli - www.simonefontanelli.com The audio-file of the World Premiere of this piece is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRTgGVwchaA