Luciano Berio, Sequenza XIV pour violoncelle - Éric-Maria Couturier - Ensemble intercontemporain 

The percussive elements were inspired by Sri Lankan drumming. The Sequenza was written for Rohan de Saram, the long-time cellist of the Arditti Quartet, a champion of contemporary music for cello, and a native of Sri Lanka. "Part of the inspiration for Sequenza XIV came from Luciano's interest in the Kandyan drum rhythms of Sri Lanka, Kandy being the ancient capital of Ceylon, the Sri Lanka of today. Several times after my performances of Ritorno degli Snovidenia, with Maestro Berio conducting, he wanted to know about the musical instruments of the country I came from, Sri Lanka, particularly the Kandyan drum which I have played myself since I was a boy. "The Kandyan drum is one of the main instruments of Sri Lanka, a country rich in rhythmic instruments. The ceremonies with which these instruments are associated date back to pre-Buddhist times. "One fact about the Kandyan drum which interested Maestro Berio was that it has four sounds, two sounds on each end of this cylindrically-shaped instrument. He was amused to note that of the two instruments I played, one had four strings whilst the other had four percussion sounds!"

One of the cleanest recordings of this piece on youtube...

Wow. Incredible!

jeu de percussion et de cordes magiques , merci

genius... just wow

A New to Me Favorite!

Fantastic

epically groovy piece!!

'15 Engaged in music and to this day no idea that the cello is a percussion instrument!

I wonder what the sheet music looks like.

One word, three letters . . . . . Wow

Забавно и симпатично... ;)

art is something belonging to few ...ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS

sodelicious...

Spiegatemi la genialità di questo compositore. Sono ignorante in materia di avanguardia musicale. Sono fermo a Monteverdi, Mozart,Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff......giusto per nominare qualche genio....

this is my music homework!!! :P :D

although he missed out two bars around 1:42