Both the Penderecki (1982) and Halffter (1985) cello concertos were written for Mstislav Rostropovich and are further tributes to that artist`s unwavering commitment to the contemporary cello ...

Those drawn-out opening chords are some of the most memorable in all music. Stern, sensitive and dramatic, they connect this 20th century masterpiece with another monolith of the repertoire, Bach's ...

Ever since those unforgettable umbrellas of Cherbourg the sun has been shining on Michel Legrand. Here he is showing how the classical concerto can be reinvigorated with infusions from popular songs, ...

The Houston Symphony cellist shares tracks from his new album and takes us behind-the-scenes in the making of it. His latest album is Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto and Transcriptions for Cello ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Adagio – Moderato The Cello Concerto was the last important work that ...

Hans Pfitzner wrote three cello concertos, the first as a 19-year-old in 1888 (eight years before the première of Dvorak's great Concerto in B minor). The others were in 1935 and 1943, when Pfitzner ...

The Cello Concerto was the last of the three scores Antonín Dvorák wrote during his three-year residency in the U.S., when he served as director of the National Conservatory in New York City from 1892 ...

A passionate interpretation of this evergreen concerto. Album of the Weekend, 26-27 April 2014. The brilliant American cellist Alisa Weilerstein follows her critically acclaimed Decca debut recording ...

As with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, this disc presents an unfamiliar early version of a known masterpiece. Prokofiev wrote his Cello Concerto in the 1930s, but it failed to win favour (“grunting and ...

The Cello Concerto was the last important work that Elgar wrote. Its first performance, in October 1919, with the composer himself conducting, opened the first post-war season of the London Symphony ...