By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Solo Violoncello | 6′

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From the composer:

Botticelli’s and von Heyl’s Primavera paintings seem to have infinite layers to reveal; each look pulls me deeper, probing for the secret of each detail and gesture. Amid stark contrasts of light, dark and color, a quixotic sense of space and depth, my focus is stretched wide across the foreground. Each iconic figure is shrouded in symbolism, yet their interaction in the scene is enigmatic. Chloris, in mid-abduction, and the three dancing Graces are all draped in translucent folds of gossamer fabric, its motion drawing our gaze into the beauty and vulnerability of their bodies. Chloris will become the spring goddess, Flora, strewing roses, and the Graces’ artless dance is unconcerned with the other figures’ pathos. Together these women, swathed in Diaphanous Grace, are the promise of transformation and new creation. Through the flowing aura of their garments we sense the delicate buds of the unknown, the possibility of an awakening that remains just out of reach. In writing this, my fifth work for unaccompanied cello for Matt Haimovitz, I wanted to begin in that place of suspended, ever-changing transparency – however that may translate into sound – and never let it fall to earth.

Diaphanous Grace was written in fall 2020, and is dedicated to the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Commission/Dedication: Commissioned by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for Matt Haimovitz.
Premiere: First performed at UMass Amherst Back Festival & Symposium on April 26th, 2021 by Matt Haimovitz.
Recording: This work is recorded on the PENTATONE Oxingale Series album PRIMAVERA I the wind by Matt Haimovitz, 2022 GRAMMY-nominated for Best Producer – Classical (David Frost). Click HERE for all streaming options.