Cello Concerto

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Cello Concerto is a 1956 concerto for cello and orchestra by English composer William Walton, admired for its lyrical intensity and rich orchestration.

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Walton Cello Concerto 2
Cello Concerto canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cello concerto
concerto
alsoKnownAs Cello Concerto
surface form: Walton Cello Concerto
catalogueNumber Cello Concerto self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walton Cello Concerto
commissionedBy Boston Symphony Orchestra
completionDate 1956
composer William Walton
composerNationality English
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dedicatedTo Gregor Piatigorsky
genre classical music
hasKey A minor
hasMovement first movement
second movement
third movement
hasOrchestralAccompaniment yes
hasSoloInstrument cello
languageOfWork instrumental
notableCharacteristic lyrical intensity
rich orchestration
orchestration large orchestra
period 20th-century classical music
placeOfPremiere Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
premiereConductor Charles Munch
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premiereEnsemble Boston Symphony Orchestra
premierePerformer Gregor Piatigorsky
premiereYear 1957
publisher Oxford University Press
scoredFor cello
orchestra
structure three movements
style neo-Romantic
titleLanguage English
typicalDuration about 30 minutes
yearOfComposition 1956

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William Walton notableWork Cello Concerto
Cello Concerto catalogueNumber Cello Concerto self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walton Cello Concerto
Cello Concerto alsoKnownAs Cello Concerto
this entity surface form: Walton Cello Concerto