general information

composition date
1965-1966
duration
24 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
à Siegfried Palm
Commission
SWF

type

Concertant music (Cello and ensemble of more than 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
cello

3 flutes (also piccolo), guitar (also electric guitar), mandolin, harp, cymbalom, piano (also harpsichord), glass harmonica [ou célesta], 7 violins, 7 second violins, 6 violas, 5 cellos, 4 double basses, 3 oboes (also 2 oboes d'amore), 3 clarinets (also 3 A clarinets, bass clarinet), alto saxophone (also soprano saxophone), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets [en ut] (also cornet [en sib]), 2 trombones (also contrabass trombone), contrabass tuba, timpani, 5 percussionists

information about the creation

date
April 8, 1968

création en concert, France, Strasbourg

interpreters

Siegfried Palm : violoncelle et l'Orchestre symphonique de la SWF, direction : Ernest Bour ; création scénique : Wuppertal, Wuppertaler Bühne, par Siegfried Palm, violoncelle, Hanns-Martin Schneidt, direction, Ivan Sertic, chorégraphie.

observations

Distribution : Don Quichotte, La Fée, La Sentimentale, Les trois cygnes blancs, Les trois paladins, Corps de ballet

Part titles

  • Introduzione (Dans la vallée des songes), 4'45'' ;
  • Allegro (La Fée, « Don Quichotte » et la Sentimentale), 3'15'' ;
  • Adagio (Les trois cygnes blancs), 5' ;
  • Tempo di marcia (Les trois paladins), 1'25'' ;
  • Blues e coda (La Fée, le violoncelle et la contrebasse), 7'35''.

recordings

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Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre en forme de « pas de trois »

Composed by Bernd Alois Zimmermann , concert on May 14, 1977

This is an excerpt. The full version is available at the IRCAM media library


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