‘A work of complete confidence and newness.’   ​The Times

Instrumentation

2(=picc).afl(=picc).1.ca.2.bcl.cbcl.2 - 4231 - timp - perc(2/3): 9 tom-t/2 conga/3 BD/5 susp.cym/2 siz.cym/ch.cym/cyms/4 tam-t/6 tuned gong/3 bell plates/t.bells/bell tree/crot/mar/xyl/2 glsp/boobams/steel drums - pno(=cel) - harp - strings (min 10.10.8.8.6)

Availability

Facsimile score 0-571-50836-7 on sale, parts for hire

Programme Notes

I have long wanted to write a concert for cello – it is so much my favourite solo instrument – that several years ago I started planning a Double Concerto for two cellos. But in the end I settled for one. I have attempted to make the soloist’s role a less dominant one that is customary in a concerto. That is not to say that it is any less important: but soloist and orchestra are conceived as equal partners in advancing the musical argument, so that the cello sometimes assumes the part of commentator rather than protagonist.

Colin Matthews

Reviews

‘A work of complete confidence and newness.’
The Times (Paul Griffiths), 11 September 1984 


‘The work itself surely confirms the emergence of an imposing talent – both in the richness and sophistication of orchestral detail and in its individual overall shape.’
The Sunday Telegraph (Bayan Northcott), 16 September 1984

Concerto for Cello No.1

No Venue (Weimar, Thüringen, Germany)

Alexander Baillie/Jac van Steen/Staatskapelle Weimar

Concerto for Cello No.1

No Venue (Weimar, Thüringen, Germany)

Alexander Baillie/Jac van Steen/Staatskapelle Weimar

Concerto for Cello No.1

Classic FM (United Kingdom)

Baillie/Carewe/London Sinfonietta

Concerto for Cello No.1

BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom)

Baillie/Berlin Radio SO/Carewe

Concerto for Cello No.1

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BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom)

Baillie/Berlin Radio SO/Carewe