Heist 2

Vincent Ho
Hesit 2
Cello Duo and optional Drum Kit
Facsimile Performance Set
PROMETHEAN EDITIONS
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Vincent Ho
Hesit 2
Cello Duo and optional Drum Kit
Facsimile Performance Set
Score version December 2025
Hesit 2 was written in 2019 and revised in 2025.
This edition is a facsimile of the original score provided by the composer.
PEFVHHT
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From the composer
In 2018, I had the pleasure of listening to VC2’s CD “Beethoven’s Cellists”, a
collection of new works by various living composers inspired by Beethoven’s
music. Hearing their phenomenal playing motivated me to sketch out an
energetic riff that later developed it into a continuous motoric line. This
material was shaped into a standalone piece for solo cello that I titled Heist
(I later added an optional drum set part).
For the duo version, I felt it would be great to highlight each cellist’s virtuoso
abilities in some way by adding an expressive counterpoint. To capture the
essence of their musical spirits, I sent a digital sound file of this original line
to VC2 and asked the two cellists – Bryan Holt and Amahl Arulanandam – to
record themselves improvising overtop of it. This was to give me insights
to their natural signature gestures. From their recordings, I sketched out
various materials that would serve as the counterpoints to the continuous
riff. So as one cellist plays the motoric riff, the other performs overtop
of it with a line that was specifically tailored to their abilities. After they
finish the first time around, they switch roles to give the other cellist an
opportunity to shine.
The title and character of the work was influenced by two crime noir books
I was reading at the time: The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy, and The
Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon.

Heist 2
Vincent Ho
Drum Set
(optional)
Cello I
Cello II
= 112–116
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
4
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
7
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
9
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
11
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
14
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
17
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
20
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
23
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
25
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
27
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
29
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
31
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
33
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
36
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
39
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D. S.
41
Vc. I
Vc. II
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
43
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
45
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
48
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
53
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
58
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
63
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
67
sul pont.
No real discernible pitches;
in any mid to high register.
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
70
ord.
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
73
D. S.
75
Vc. I
Vc. II
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
77
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
80
D. S.
83
Vc. I
Vc. II
D. S.
86
Vc. I
Vc. II
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
89
s.p.
ord.
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
91
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
93
D. S.
95
Vc. I
Vc. II
Free improv.
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
98
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D. S.
101
Vc. I
Vc. II
ord.
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
104
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
106
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
109
s.p.
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
112
ord.
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
116
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
121
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
126
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
132
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
136
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
140
D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
Accel.
144
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D. S.
Vc. I
Vc. II
148
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