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Arts writing by Thomas May

‘A cellist who is essentially a one-man band’: Jessie Montgomery on writing for Abel Selaocoe

Jessie Montgomery and Abel Selaocoe at the North American premiere with the Toronto Symphony; photo: Allan Cabral, courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

I had a chance to do a Strad interview Jessie Montgomery about her new cello concerto These Righteous Paths – a work shaped by Abel Selaocoe’s multifaceted artistry and rooted in the poetry of her late mother, Robbie McCauley.

American composer Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths enters the world with the momentum of a major international concerto. Written for the South African cellist Abel Selaocoe and created in close collaboration with him, the work has had an unusually broad launch…
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