cello concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike inst ...

is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. Cello Concerto may also refer to: * Cello Concerto (Albert), 1990 *

Cello Concerto (Barber) Samuel Barber's Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 22, completed on 27 November 1945, was the second of his three concertos (the first being his Violin Concerto and the third his Piano Concerto). Barber was commissioned to write his cello ...

, 1945 *

Cello Concerto (Bates) The Cello Concerto of Mason Bates is an American concerto for cello and orchestra, dating from 2014. The work was a joint commission by the Seattle Symphony, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. It received ...

, 2014 *

Cello Concerto (Boccherini) Luigi Boccherini's Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat Major, G. 482, was written in either the late 1760s or early 1770s. Boccherini, a talented cellist, composed twelve concertos for his instrument. In 1895 German cellist Friedrich Grützmacher chose ...

, 1760s–1770s *

Cello Concerto (Brahms) __NOTOC__ The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra. The orchestra consists of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. Origin of ...

, 1887 *

Cello Concerto (Carter) The Cello Concerto is a composition for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Elliott Carter. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It was first performed in Chicago, Illinois, on Septemb ...

, 2001 * Cello Concerto (Delius), 1921 * Cello Concerto (Dvořák), 1894 *

Cello Concerto (Elgar) Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-go ...

, 1919 *

Cello Concerto (Finzi) The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 40, was composed by Gerald Finzi in 1955. The piece is in three movements: *I. Allegro moderato *II. Andante quieto *III. Rondo: Adagio - Allegro giocoso The concerto was written as the result of a request by ...

, 1955 *

Cello Concerto (Glass) The Cello Concerto No. 1 (also the ''Concerto for Cello and Orchestra'') was written by Philip Glass in 2001. It was one of the first concerti of the twenty-first century. The piece was commissioned by William and Rebecca Krueger, friends of both ...

, 2001 *

Cello Concerto (Khachaturian) Aram Khachaturian wrote his Cello Concerto in E minor in 1946 for Sviatoslav Knushevitsky. It was the last of the three concertos he wrote for the individual members of a renowned Soviet piano trio that performed together from 1941 until 1963. Th ...

, 1946 * Cello Concerto (Kraft), first published in 1805 * Cello Concerto (Lalo), 1876 * Cello Concerto (Ligeti), 1966 *

Cello Concerto (Lutosławski) The Concerto for Cello and Orchestra is a cello concerto by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. The work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society with support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. It received its world premier ...

, 1970 *

Cello Concerto (MacMillan) The Cello Concerto is a composition for solo cello and orchestra by the Scottish composer James MacMillan. It is the second of three interrelated compositions in MacMillan's Easter triptych ''Triduum'' commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra. ...

, 1996 *

Cello Concerto (Margola) The Cello Concerto, Op. 91 composed by Franco Margola is one of his most important works. Dedicated to the Spanish cellist Gaspar Cassadó (Barcelona, 1897 - Madrid, 1966) the concerto ''"came to exist in three different versions from which Margo ...

, 1949 *

Cello Concerto (Muhly) The Cello Concerto is a concerto for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Nico Muhly. The work was commissioned by the Barbican Centre for the Britten Sinfonia and cellist Oliver Coates, to whom Muhly dedicated the piece. It was fir ...

, 2012 * Cello Concerto (Myaskovsky), 1945 *

Cello Concerto (Panufnik) The Cello Concerto is a composition for cello and orchestra by the composer Andrzej Panufnik. The work was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra for the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Its world premiere was performed by Rostropovich and the ...

, 1992 *

Cello Concerto (Prokofiev) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 is a concerto written by Sergey Prokofiev between 1933 and 1938. Its duration is approximately 35 minutes. It consists of three movements: #Andante – Poco meno mosso (andante assai) – Adagio #Allegro giusto ...

, 1938 *

Cello Concerto (Rorem) The Cello Concerto is a concerto for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Ned Rorem. The work was commissioned by the Residentie Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony for the cellist David Geringas. Its world premiere was given by G ...

, 2003 *

Cello Concerto (Rouse) The Violoncello Concerto is a concerto for cello and orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. It was commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Los Angeles Philharmonic by philanthropist Betty Freeman—to whom the work is ...

, 1992 *

Cello Concerto (Sallinen) A cello concerto is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. Cello Concerto may also refer to: * Cello Concerto (Albert), 1990 * Cello Concerto (Barber), 1945 * Cello Concerto (Bates), 2014 * ...

, a composition by Aulis Sallinen, 1976 *

Cello Concerto (Salonen) The Cello Concerto is a composition for cello and orchestra by the Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. The work was co-commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Barbican Centre, and the Elbphilharmonie. I ...

, 2017 *

Cello Concerto (Schumann) The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, by Robert Schumann was completed in a period of only two weeks, between 10 October and 24 October 1850, shortly after Schumann became the music director at Düsseldorf. The concerto was never played in Sch ...

, 1950 * Cello Concerto (Stanford), a composition by Charles Villiers Stanford *

Cello Concerto (Sullivan) The Cello Concerto in D major is Arthur Sullivan's only concerto and was one of his earliest large-scale works. It was written for the Italian cellist Alfredo Piatti and premiered on 24 November 1866 at the Crystal Palace, London, with August M ...

, 1866 * Cello Concerto (Tchaikovsky/Leonovich), completed in 2006 *

Cello Concerto (Thomson) The Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra is a composition for cello and orchestra by the American composer Virgil Thomson. The piece was given its world premiere by the cellist Paul Olefsky and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of ...

, 1950 * Cello Concerto (Walton), 1957 * Cello Concerto (Waterhouse), Op. 27, 1990 *

Cello Concerto (Zwilich) The Concerto for Cello and Orchestra is a composition for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The work was written on a commission from the South Florida Symphony Orchestra. Zwilich composed the piece over a si ...

, 2020

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