Wish for cello
The impulse of this work came from a 9-year-old girl's wish for a Christmas present. She gave me a letter to send to Santa Claus. There was not a list of plastic toys but only one sentence: "What I hope for a Christmas present is that the world would be saved".
The world seems very different from the perspective of future generations. Do we sufficiently take them into account in our actions and do we actively use information for the common good of our planet, the freedom to breathe clean air? Young people will have to survive when renewable natural resources are already threatened. These questions affected on the atmospheres of this work. The piece uses scordatura, that is, the cello is tuned to an unusual pitch.
Wish is dedicated to my daughters and to a fantastic cellist Eeva Rysä.
photo: Minna Leinonen
Markus Hohti, cello 23th September 2023 Musikkitalo, Camerata
F.p. 27th October 2020
Eeva Rysä, cello
WAM, Turku
https://www.wam.fi/en/event/tue-10202020-1900-inspiring-concerts-autumn-2020
Reviews
"A powerful work is also the solo cello piece Wish played by Markus Hohti. Its message about the fear of a small child got a strong interpretation, in which the world was looked at deep into history, even in a way that subconsciously reminds me of Bach."
-Harri Hautala, Aamulehti 18th September 2023
Other performances
7th August 2025 Katrina Kammarmusik, Åland
Joël Marosi, sello
16th September 2023 Tampere hall
Markus Hohti, cello
23th September 2023 Musikkitalo, Camerata
Markus Hohti, cello
21th August 2023
Eeva Rysä, cello
29th July 2022
Korsholm Music Festival
Marko Ylönen, cello
Raippaluoto church,
10th July 2021
Lauri Angervo, cello
Nurmes Summer Academy & Concerts
https://nurmesmusicacademy.fi/en/lauantai-10-7-2/
1st November 2020
Eeva Rysä, cello
Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki
