Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Cello Concerto


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Csellóverseny
Foreign language / English title
Cello Concerto
Subtitle
For cello and orchestra
Year of composition
1977

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vlc. - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.mlt.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
34 min

Movements, parts
1. Recitativo - Moderato; molto rubato
2. Variazioni - Andante, tranquillo
3. Finale - Allegro

Premiere information
1978, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; János Starker (vlc.), Louisville Orchestra, Jörge Mester (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey & Hawkes © 1978 (On Rental)

Boosey & Hawkes © 1978, B.S.I.140 (Reduction for Cello and Piano)
Available here!
Recordings
Santa Fe Music Group, CD P&C 2006
Nimbus Records CD NI5919, 2015 - Raphael Wallfisch (vlc.), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gábor Takács-Nagy (cond.)