A cellist finds a way to mourn his 16 year-old son
RIPFrom notes to Pieter Wispelwey’s new album:
‘In the case of Kodály’s Sonata both bottom strings are tuned down a semitone: our lives have been retuned and we have to make do. There is a glimpse of hope in the fact that meaningful things can be said on a wrongly tuned cello… Words will fall short when describing this piece that is so rich in emotions and atmospeheres: one big orgy of resilience, vulnerability, despair, creativity and energy…’
Dorian Bellamy Wispelweij, son of Peter and his wife, the Dunedin Consort oboist Alexandra Bellamy, died in March 2022.
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