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Cello concerto
3 movements, 1964†, 20:30
Full score completed 13 April 1964
cello soloist
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, snare drum, strings
I Allegro più lento
II Andante
III Allegro moderato – Tempo grazioso e cantabile
II Andante
III Allegro moderato – Tempo grazioso e cantabile
United Music Publishing
Timings
Igloi/Boult 1971 | Wallfisch/Yates 2010 | |
I Allegro più lento | 7:11 | 8:16 |
II Andante | 6:30 | 6:32 |
III Allegro moderato – Tempo grazioso e cantabile | 6:14 | 6:55 |
Total | 19:55 | 21:43 |
Performances
5 February 1971 [first performance] Queen Elizabeth Hall 19 July 1971 BBC Thomas Igloi, Polyphonia, conductor Sir Adrian Boult |
25 September 1991 St Johns, Smith Square, London Moray Welsh, Thames Sinfonia, conductor Paul Taylor |
20–22 September 2010 [world premiere recording] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates |
Recordings
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7263 (2 discs) released 2011 20–22 September 2010 [world premiere recording] St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates |