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Cello Concerto Grosso

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Cello Concerto Grosso
Foreign language / English title
Cello Concerto Grosso
Subtitle
For violoncello and orchestra
Year of composition
2011
Type
Concerto
Number of players
63
Instrumentation
vlc. solo - 3 fl. (II anche fl.a., III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (I in B and A, II in Es, III in A and cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb., trb.b., trb.cb. - perc. (4 esec. - campli. [with pedal], 6 crot., xil., vibr., camp., trg. (h.), 4 ptto.sosp., 4 bell, 4 metal tubes, 4 gong, tam-tam, tambourine, 4 bongo, 2 tom-tom, 3 tmb. a fessura, 2 tmb. di legno Afr, 2 maracas, caxixi) - arpa - strings: 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc. (concertino), 6 cb. (IV, V, VI 5 strings)
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. ♩ = 72
2. ♩ = 56
3. ♩ = 92
Commissioned by
Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle Zürich, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Premiere information
16 June 2011, Philharmonie, Berlin; Miklós Perényi (vlc.), Berliner Philharmoniker, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2011, 54086 (Performance material)
Available here!
Recordings
Alpha Classics CD Alpha 208, 2016 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (vlc.), Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Live video recording of the premiere, DVD, 2011 (Available for watching at the BMC´s Library)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2010 - 2011

Orchestral seating: the seating of the orchestra is as customary. It is important that the 8 Violoncellos are placed between the Violins II and the Violas. The Violas should be in front of the Double basses.