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Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Cello Concerto

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Csellóverseny
Foreign language / English title
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Cello Concerto
Dedication
Sigfried Palm gewidmet
Year of composition
1966
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vlc. solo - fl. (anche picc.), ob. (anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), fg. - cor., tr., trb. - arpa - 8 (or 1) vl. 1, 7 (or 1) vl. 2, 6 (or 1) vla., 5 (or 1) vlc., 4 (or 1) cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
1. Quarter Note = 40 - attacca
2. (Lo stesso tempo) Quarter Note = 40
Commissioned by
Sender Freies Berlin
Premiere information
19 April 1967, Berlin; Siegfried Palm (vlc.), Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester, Henryk Czyz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Peters, EP 5936 (study score); EP 5936A (vlc.); performance material on hire
Buy here!
Recordings
BMC CD 162, 2010 - Miklós Perényi (vlc.), UMZE Ensemble, Zoltán Rácz (art.dir.), Peter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Quarter note = 40 - attacca
2 2. (Lo stesso tempo) Quarter note = 40
Remarks, other info
The string parts may be played by a small-to-medium string orchestra, or by 5 soloists (not includng the concertante cello)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
Deutsche Grammophon
Wergo
Ligeti, György: Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto; Chamber Concerto Sony
Deutsche Grammophon
Wergo
BMC Records