Fluttering Fronds (2014)

A new and interesting transcription of the piece, "Fronds", commissioned by baritone saxman, Wayne Leechford, I found it challenging and exciting to rework the piece for cello. Living in paradise (I live in Southern California although not everyone considers it paradise:-), we am lucky to have two swimming pools on the property where some 80 apartment units are located. On the bluest and brightest of sunlit days, I swim and look up at the palm trees swaying in the breeze. The movements of the palm fronds are hypnotic, swaying in a rhythmic way that I have attempted to translate musically for the cello.

Unaccompanied cello