| 作曲者 | Steve Reich (b. 1936) |
| タイトル | Cello Counterpoint (8 cellos) |
| サブタイトル | Version for Cello Octet |
| 出版社 | Boosey & Hawkes・ブージー＆ホークス |
| シリーズ名 | Hawkes Pocket Scores: HPS 1433 |
| 楽器編成 | 8 cellos |
| 品番 | 9790051214334 |
| 難易度 | 上級 |
| 形状 | 72 ページ・Paperback/Soft Cover |
| 演奏時間 | 11分 30秒 |
| 作曲年 | 2003年 |
| 出版年 | 2017年 |
| 出版番号 | BHI 21433 |
| ISMN | 979-0051214334 |
| ISBN | 9781495083433 |
Cello Counterpoint (2003) is scored for eight cellos, and can be played by a soloist with the other parts pre-recorded. This tape is available from the Boosey & Hawkes rental library. Alternately, the piece can be played by a Cello Octet. (There are differences in distribution of parts between the two versions.) The piece is in three movements: fast, slow, fast. The first and last movements are both based on a similar four-chord cycle that moves ambiguously back and forth between C minor and E-flat major. This harmonic cycle is treated extremely freely however, particularly in the third movement. The second, slow movement, is a canon in E-flat minor involving, near the end of the movement, seven separate voices.The piece is a little more than 11 minutes in duration, and was co-commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Leiden University, for cellist Maya Beiser.