#cello concerto

[gasparodasalo]

Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724-1808) - Concerto for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in B-flat Major, Op. 14 No. 4, I. Allegro. Performed by Balázs Máté, cello, and Aura Musicale on period instruments.

[schoenbergtwink]

Apropos of nothing here are 3 underrated cello concertos:

1. Barber: Cello Concerto

Barber manages to wind together banger melody after banger melody in a way that absolutely grips the listener’s attention. Probably underprogrammed because of its extreme difficulty (Jesus Christ that cadenza in the first movement!)

2. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 2

Extremely morose work, as with most of late Shostakovich. If that scares you off, try the second movement, which is classic Shostakovich, very impish and sarcastic, or the third, where he breaks out horns and what can only be described as “the GarageBand beats”

3. Bloch: Schelomo

Bloch tells the story of King Solomon using solo cello, with the orchestra representing the world around him. Very operatic with a couple excellent themes that weave in and out of Solomon’s world. The piece is in one movement. It’s 21 minutes long, but flows excellently and is absolutely never boring.

[christmasspectacular]

🎄316 Days Till Christmas🎄🎁✨

[lesser-known-composers]

Karl Davidov (Carl Davidoff, Davydov) - Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 31,

Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Terje Mikkelsen (conductor)

1. Allegro – 00:00 2. Lento – 10:31 3. Finale: Vivace – 18:10

[thehappyhippies]

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[gasparodasalo]

Nicola Fiorenza (ca. 1700-64) - Concerto for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in a-minor, II. Allegro. Performed by Gaetano Nasillo, cello, and Chiara Banchini/Ensemble 415 on period instruments.

[opera-ghosts]

OTD in Music History: Russian-Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950) is born near Modlin Fortress (present-day Poland) in what was then the Russian Empire. Sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony,” Myaskosvky was highly acclaimed in his own day. While he was awarded the Soviet Union’s highest honor – the “Stalin Prize” – five times, however, Myaskovsky always remained a rather distant and enigmatic figure. Fundamentally a conservative artist, Myaskovsky nevertheless enjoyed flirting with “modernism” from time to time; possessed of a markedly individualistic spirit, he flourished even within the decidedly collectivist atmosphere of the Stalin-Era Soviet Union. After enrolling at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1906 (at the age of 25), Myaskovsky studied with Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) and Anatol Lyadov (1855 – 1914) and befriended the young Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), who was ten years his junior. In his third year at the Conservatory, Myaskovsky composed his Symphony No. 1 – which won him a scholarship that paid for the remainder of his schooling. After graduating in 1911, he initially supported himself by teaching private lessons before eventually securing a position at the Moscow Conservatory. Myaskovsky rose to international prominence as a composer in the mid-1920s, and throughout the 1930s-40s he continued to churn out a long series of symphonies, piano sonatas, and string quartets. He also notably taught both Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978) and Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987). PICTURED: A small photo showing the middle-aged Myaskovsky, which he signed and dated in Moscow in 1936.

[jakovdushakov]

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Sapienti sat.

Antonín Dvořák.

Cadenza.

(Cello Concert part 2)

[christmasspectacular]

🎄299 Days Till Christmas🎄🎁✨

[lesser-known-composers]

Dag Wirén (1905–1986) : Concerto for cello and orchestra Op. 10 (1936)

I. Tempo moderato II. Andante espressivo III. Allegro.

Performed by Mats Rondin (cello) and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Petri Sakari.

[musicollage]

Haydn + Jian Wang – Cello Concertos. 1999 : Deutsche Grammophon.

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