The piece for solo cello entitled HOAX was composed in 1999 and is one of Vasil S. Tole’s most frequently performed works. Its formal structure is divided into two parts: the first is meditative, while the second is fast-paced. The musical motif is based on three to four notes, which gradually expand in range and dynamics over time.

At its core, the work contrasts two fundamental states—such as day and night, earth and water, heat and cold—which, though seemingly opposite, represent normal conditions of existence.

The piece is dedicated to cellist Pjeter Guralumi, who will perform it at the concert accompanying the scientific conference “Albanian Music as Creation, Performance, Musicology, and Artistic Education,” organized by the Academy of Sciences of Albania and the University of Arts in Tirana.

Program:

Kozma Lara: Ballada No. 3, on piano Merita Rexha Tërshana

Ramadan Sokoli: Suite No. 7 for two flutes, Rozana Kuka and Zyle Rexha

Vasil Tole: Hoax, on violoncello Pjetër Guralumi

Palok Kurti: N’at zaman t’asaj furie, soprano Erjona Gjyzeli, on piano Laura Lila

Valton Beqiri: Quasi Kaba, on viola Arben Llozi, on piano Silvana Skënderi

Pëllumb Vorpsi: Temë me variacione-Balada, on piano Silvana Skënderi

Pjetër Gaci: Aria e Lokës from the opera Toka Jonë, mezzo-soprano Manjola Nallbani, on piano Silvana Skënderi

Aleksandër Peçi: Temë me variacione, on horn Ilir Kodhima, on piano Merita Rexha Tërshana

Endri Sina: Autumn Sunset

Aulon Naci: The Joy in Loving 

Çesk Zadeja: Moj syzeza performed by the UART choir, conductor Bujar Alliu, on piano Ana Kaçinari