sep 21, 1959 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1

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Dmitri Shostakovich
CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA NO. 1
in E flat major, Op. 107
1 May - Komarovo, 20 July 1959
Dedicated to Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich
1. Allegretto
2. Moderato
3. Cadenza
4. Allegro con moto
2(picc).2.2.2(db bn) – 1.0.0.0 – timp. cel. strings
Duration: 29’
First performance: 21 September 1959, Leningrad
Mstislav Rostropovich (violoncello) – Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – Evgeni
Mravinsky (conductor)
► Muzyka Collected Works: Vol. 16 (score), Vol. 17 (piano score by the composer) ► DSCH New Collected Works: Vol. 46 (score), Vol. 47 (piano score by the composer)
In an interview with ‘Sovetskaya kultura’ (6 June 1959) Shostakovich stated that Sergei
Prokofiev’s Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 125 inspired
him to wirte his first Violoncello Concerto. For details concerning the repeated
cuotation of the Georgian song ‘Suliko’ in Op. 107 see the commentary of DSCH
New Collected Works, Vol. 46. Violoncello part edited by Mstislav Rostropovich.
arrangement of the violoncello part for viola by Vadim Borisovsky
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