from The Wire
"Artists with equal commitment to Improv and composed music are rare.
US-Dutch cellist Frances-Marie Uitti is one figure who has the highest stature
in both areas. Reknowned for her performances of pieces by Giacinto Scelsi, Morton
Feldman, Louis Andriessen, and Jonathan Harvey, she has worked extensively in
improvising contexts with Scanner, Elliott Sharp, Mark Dresser and Harvey..."
compositions
abbreviated repertoire:
| cello concerti | |
| James Tenney | Concerto "ain't i a woman?" dedicated to Uitti |
| Jonathan Harvey | Concerto (1992) dedicated to Uitti |
| György Ligeti | Cello Concerto |
| György Kurtág | Concerto for Cello and Piano |
| Iannis Xenakis | Epicycles (1991) |
| Dick Raaijmakers | Konzert fur... written for Uitti (1999) |
| Per Norgaard | Cello Concerto dedicated to Uitti |
| Julian Carrillo | Cello Concertino (1927) |
| Gunther Schuller | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1945) |
| Luciano Berio | Ritorno degli Snovedenia (1976) |
| Colin Matthews | Cello Concerto |
| Willem Jeths | Cello Concerto written for Uitti (2000) |
| Morton Feldman | Cello and Orchestra (1976) |
| B A Zimmerman | Cello Concerto (1977) Canto di Speranza |
| collections | |
| Morton Feldman | Complete works |
| John Cage | Complete works |
| Iannis Xenakis | Complete works |
| The Sacher Collection | (Berio, Britten, Boulez, Dutilleux, Fortner, Ginastera, Henze, Holliger, Lutoslawski) |
| Giacinto Scelsi | Complete works dedicated to Uitti |
| György Kurtág | Complete works Message to Frances-Marie and Homage to John Cage written for Uitti |
| Jonathan Harvey | Complete works 3 Studies written for Uitti Untitled for 2 bows written for Uitti |
| dedicated to Uitti | |
| Luigi Nono | ...dal Diario Polacco solo version written for Uitti |
| Louis Andriessen | La Voce written for Uitti |
| György Kurtág | Message to Frances-Marie Hommage to John Cage |
| Giacinto Scelci | Trilogy Voyages |
| Sylvano Bussotti | Variazione per Violoncello Solo |
| Jonathan Harvey | Cello Concerto |
| Per Norgard | Cello Concerto |
| romantics for cello solo | |
| Luigi Dallapiccola | Ciaccona Intermezzo Adagio |
| George Crumb | Sonata |
| György Ligeti | Sonata |
| Benjamin Britten | 3 suites |
| Max Reger | 3 suites |
| Ernst Bloch | 3 suites |
| Eugene Ysaye | Sonata |
| Zoltán Kodály | Solosonate opus 8 |
| classics for cello solo | |
| R Sessions | 6 pieces for cello solo |
| B A Zimmerman | Sonata |
| G Schuller | Fantasia |
for full repertoire list please go to
Ms. Uitti gave the first-ever instrumental Marathon at Symphony Space NY in 1981.
She played 7 hours of solo cello works ranging from the minimalist school, the mystics, the classics, the serialists and works with voice-the most innovative and interesting works for the instrument since the Kodaly Sonata.
