Orchestra sinfonica con solista strumentale

Vc-solo/Fl1/Fl2 (anche flauto piccolo)/2 Ob/2 Klar/2 Fag/3 Hn/2 Trp/3 Pos/Tb/Pk/Tri/2 V/Va/Vc/KB

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Commissioned by the BBC for the 1969 Henry Wood Promenade Concert Season. Premiered by Zara Nelsova and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.

The Ritual Fire Dance, arr. Halffter, 1942

Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director James Levine, and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, b...

The River Cam by Eric Whitacre, first performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 14 April 2011 by Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eric Whitacre.

Il terzo concerto di Georg Goltermann fu composto durante il suo periodo di Kapellmeister al teatro di Francoforte sul Meno. La riscoperta della musica di Goltermann da parte del musicologo Martin Kn...

Dolci Pianti (Sweet Tears) Romance for cello and orchestra, published within Doblinger's Johann Strauss Complete Edition

Dolci Pianti (Sweet Tears) Romance for cello and orchestra, published within Doblinger's Johann Strauss Complete Edition

Remarkably for a work by Philip Glass, the Cello Concerto No 1, or Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, conforms broadly to the three-movement form of classic concerti, with fast-slow-fast tempi. This co...