Veronique Vaka
Neige éternelle
five pieces for solo violoncello (2023)
for violoncello
Duration: 20'
Solos:
violoncello
Neige éternelle
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Work introduction
Neige éternelle is a series of five pieces for solo violoncello.
This work emerged after Gemæltan, a cello concerto written for Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir.
Each piece is an imagined phase in the formation of a glacier.
Neige éternelle: 1, premiered on 30. September 2022 at Harpa/Norðurljós in Reykjavík, performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir. Neige éternelle: 2, premiered on the 15th of January 2023 at La Primavera Marshallhúsið during Tertulia Chamber Music X Reykjavík, Iceland, performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir. Neige éternelle: 3-4-5, premiered on the 28. January 2024 at Robert J. Werner Recital Hall in Cincinnati, performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir.