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There are few musicians who are able to move seamlessly between headlining the BBC Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales one night and improvising at the London Jazz Festival the next. Abel Selaocoe<\/strong><\/a> is one such musician \u2013 able to master virtuosic performance with improvisation, singing and body percussion. But what are the pieces of music that has helped him become the player he is today? He\u2019s picked out some of the essential works every cellist should master during their musical career.<\/p>\n Platti\u2019s Cello Sonata No. 7 is one of those pieces that compels you to sing along making you admire the singing and soulful qualities the cello possesses. I love music that feels improvised and sung, and Baroque music inspires exactly that.<\/p>\n Improvisation is often synonymous with folk or other genres of music, but it is such an apt term for this Platti Sonata. Platti provides us with the body of the music: melody, bass and a suggestion of harmony. It is up to the artist to embellish or decorate the melody in their style of singing the same way you would teach a folk tune to a singer and they would simply sing it in their own way. This freedom comes with responsibility as it is important to learn the art of embellishment and harmony. The continuo, played on an instrument like the theorbo, interprets the harmony in such a way that it makes every moment a spontaneous one.<\/p>\n Recommended recording:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sebastian Hess and Axel WolfThe pieces of music every cellist should play<\/h2>\n
Platti\u2019s Cello Sonata No. 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n