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Premiered at the BBC Proms in 1984, Matthews’ first concerto for cello is an extravagantly coloured collaboration between soloist and orchestra. Though packed with virtuosity, Matthews makes orchestra...

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Vc-solo/Fl1/Fl2 (auch Piccolo-Flöte)/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.

Romanze für Violoncello und Orchester, erschienen im Rahmen Doblingers Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe

Romanze für Violoncello und Orchester, erschienen im Rahmen Doblingers Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe

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...