Dreaming: Variation on a Chaconne by Giuseppe Colombi

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Dreaming: Variation on a Chaconne by Giuseppe Colombi

Composer

Kaija Saariaho

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Date

2010

Instrumentation

Cello

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Dreaming Chaconne was written as one of thirty-one variations for solo cello on the famous Chiacona per basso solo by Giuseppe Colombi (1635-1694), each by a contemporary composer, to mark the fiftieth birthday of Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen in 2010. The complete collection is published as Mystery Variations (CH77495). As my piece is a variation of Colombi's work, I would prefer it played immediately preceded by the Chiacona.
Kaija Saariaho May 2014