Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violoncello
InformationVersion 1
Year of arrangement: 2017 (revised 2020) Instrumentation: 1[/pic] 1 1 1 – 1 0 0 0 – tmp, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1) Duration: 40mins Version 2 Year of arrangement: 2020 Instrumentation: 1 2 1 1 – 3 2 2 0 – tmp, str Commissioned by: RLPO / BBCSSO First Performances: Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Martyn Brabbins/BBCSSO, Glasgow City Halls (iPlayer & Radio 3), March 2021 | Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Rory MacDonald/RLPO, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (online), 1 June 2021 Sample RecordingFull score and recording available on request
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"[George's arrangement] is very, very cleverly done"
Sheku Kanneh–Mason
Work IntroductionVersion 1
This chamber edition of Dvořák's inimitable cello concerto was first performed in 2018 and has since had numerous performances in the UK, Europe and as far a field as New York, by eminent cellists including Hannah Roberts, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and John Henry Crawford.
Written for wind quintet, string quintet and timpani this arrangement makes the most of Dvořák's sublime writing in a new, chamber setting. • Strings: this arrangement can be performed with a quintet up to a chamber orchestra section (suggested max. 6 5 4 3 2) Version 2
For larger chamber orchestra, this arrangement was commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2021. This version uses the original string parts alongside newly arranged woodwind and brass parts (rehearsal figures correspond to the autograph score and subsequent editions). The full score has the newly arranged material alongside the original string parts.
VideosVERSION 1:
Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Marios Papadopoulos/Oxford Philharmonic Online Performance VERSION 1 (with multiple strings):
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs Young Artist Competition Winners Showcase Performance VERSION 2:
Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Martyn Brabbins/BBCSSO BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 3 | ||