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Philip Glass : Cello Concerto


commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival for cellist Julian Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday
Publisher Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc
Category
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Year Composed 2001
Duration
30 Minutes
Solo Instrument(s) Cello
Orchestration
2+pic.22+Ebcl+bcl.2/432+btbn.1/perc/cel/str
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Reviews

  • In this vibrant work [...] rhythm is key. Once the classic Glass arpeggios get started, there are few opportunities to stop for breath. Much of the load rests on the soloist who has a long virtuosic cadenza at the start and plays throughout the piece. [...] The first and last movements were the most successful...

    Susan Nickalls, The Scotsman, 11/04/2006
  • Philip Glass's Cello Concerto is more dogged in the way it pursues its rhythmic patterns. The tone is dark, even sombre...
    Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph, 31/05/2005


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