Rhapsody on a Hungarian Folksong - Noten für Violoncello Solo Carson Cooman

Rhapsody on a Hungarian Folk Song (2012) for solo cello was written for Orsolya Vagi.
The work is based on the plaintive folk song "Madarka, madarka" ("Little bird, little bird.") The text
of the song expresses intense longing, as the singer asks the bird to take a letter back to her beloved
in "my beautiful Hungarian homeland."

The first section, marked furioso, is dramatic and vivid. This energetic music gradually winds down,
leading to a section marked lontano cantabile, in which the melody is heard clearly. Several small
developments are explored, before the work ends peacefully.