Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 in 1872, when the composer was 37 years old. He wrote this work for the Belgian cellist, viola de gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbecque. Tolbecque was part of a distinguished family of musicians closely associated with the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, France’s leading concert society. The concerto was first performed on January 19, 1873 at the Paris conservatoire concert with Tolbecque as soloist. This was considered a mark of Saint-Saëns' growing acceptance by the French musical establishment.
Sir Donald Francis Tovey later wrote "Here, for once, is a violoncello concerto in which the solo instrument displays every register without the slightest difficulty in penetrating the orchestra." Many composers, including Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff, considered this concerto to be the greatest of all cello concertos.
Structure and Overview
Saint-Saëns broke with convention in writing the concerto. Instead of using the normal three-movement concerto form, he structured the piece in one continuous movement. This single movement contains three distinct sections. Those sections, tightly-structured, share interrelated ideas. Saint-Saëns' contact with Franz Liszt while serving as organist at the Église de la Madeleine may have led him to use cyclic form in his orchestral works.
Unlike its brother, the B minor Concerto, Op.104, the A major Concerto has been more than overlooked. Written for cellist Ludevít Peer, it was discovered by composer Günter Raphael years later. Raphael orchestrated and heavily edited the work in the late 1920s, making it more his own than Dvořák's. The Concerto was left un-orchestrated by Dvořák, existing only in piano-score form. The Concerto is 56 minutes long; the outer movements are around 25 and 21 minutes long, with a short (c. 10 minutes) slow movement.
The 1970s brought another editor of the Concerto, a Dvořák expert Jarmil Burghauser. He, along with the great cellist Miloš Sádlo, prepared another version of the Concerto. This time the editing was light. The new edition was published in two versions: In an original piano-score form (with appropriate cuts that correspond to the orchestrated version), and an orchestrated version by Burghauser, who took the liberty of cutting the extensive opening and final movements.
Krzysztof Penderecki's Cello Concerto No. 1, also known by its original Italian title Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra, Nr. 1, is a revised version of Penderecki's Concerto per violino grande e orchestra, which was never published nor recorded. It was transcribed for cello in 1973.
Composition and premiere
The concerto, which was commissioned by Bronisław Eichenholz, was initially conceived for a violino grande, an instrument with five strings which combines the ranges of the violin and the viola. It was finished in 1967 and first performed in Östersund in July 1, 1967. Eichenholz played the violino grande on this occasion, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra played under the baton of Henryk Czyż. However, this version of the concerto was only performed twice and never received much attention. After this performance, it was only performed again once in the Hopkins Center Congregation of the Arts, during the Fourth International Webern Festival, held at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Mischa Maisky - Haydn - Cello Concerto No 1 in C major
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
1 Moderato
2 Adagio
3 Allegro molto
Mischa Maisky, cello & conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Gautier Capuçon, Violoncello ∙
Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙
hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Februar 2020 ∙
Website: https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
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published: 21 Feb 2020
Saint-Saëns: 1. Cellokonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Bruno Philippe ∙ Christoph Eschenbach
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Bruno Philippe, Violoncello ∙
Christoph Eschenbach, Dirigent ∙
Auftakt ∙
hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt, 17. September 2020 ∙
Website: http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
published: 08 Oct 2020
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33
Pianist: Tsu-Hsin Pan
Recorded on November 6th, 2021.
An astounding display of viruosity by Gautier Capuçon and the Münchner Philharmoniker led by Valery Gergiev during the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Recorded 7th September 2021.
Movements:
1. Allegretto (00:46)
2. Moderato (7:16)
3. Cadenza - Attacca (19:10)
4. Allegro con moto (25:11)
published: 24 Sep 2021
Rostropovich, Shostakovich Cello Concerto no.1
published: 18 Jun 2012
Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude (Official Video)
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D. Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107 (Live)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107
1. Allegretto
2. Moderato
3. Cadenza -- Attacca
4. Allegro con moto
Soloist: Sol Gabetta
Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
Composer: Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
2013 . Live
published: 30 Mar 2013
Saint-Saëns: Violoncello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 Finale
The final section of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 played from measure 363 to the end.
Performed by 12 year old Daniel Yoonsuh Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the 2023 Young Artist Competition Junior Division.
Yoon Jae Lee, Conductor
Ensemble 212
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Yohan Yeom, Videographer & Video Editor.
Yoon Jae Lee, Producer & Audio Editor.
Jeremy Tressler, Audio Engineer. Audio recording by Dreamflower Acoustic.
published: 25 Jun 2024
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Winner BBC Young Musician 2016 - Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays his favourite concerto on 15th May in the final of BBC Young Musician 2016 at the Barbican London. He was crowned the overall winner of the competition.
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Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
1 Moderato
2...
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Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
1 Moderato
2 Adagio
3 Allegro molto
Mischa Maisky, cello & conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
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Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
1 Moderato
2 Adagio
3 Allegro molto
Mischa Maisky, cello & conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più a...
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Gautier Capuçon, Violoncello ∙
Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙
hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Februar 2020 ∙
Website: https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Gautier Capuçon, Violoncello ∙
Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙
hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Februar 2020 ∙
Website: https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più all...
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Bruno Philippe, Violoncello ∙
Christoph Eschenbach, Dirigent ∙
Auftakt ∙
hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt, 17. September 2020 ∙
Website: http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Bruno Philippe, Violoncello ∙
Christoph Eschenbach, Dirigent ∙
Auftakt ∙
hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt, 17. September 2020 ∙
Website: http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
An astounding display of viruosity by Gautier Capuçon and the Münchner Philharmoniker led by Valery Gergiev during the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Reco...
An astounding display of viruosity by Gautier Capuçon and the Münchner Philharmoniker led by Valery Gergiev during the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Recorded 7th September 2021.
Movements:
1. Allegretto (00:46)
2. Moderato (7:16)
3. Cadenza - Attacca (19:10)
4. Allegro con moto (25:11)
An astounding display of viruosity by Gautier Capuçon and the Münchner Philharmoniker led by Valery Gergiev during the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Recorded 7th September 2021.
Movements:
1. Allegretto (00:46)
2. Moderato (7:16)
3. Cadenza - Attacca (19:10)
4. Allegro con moto (25:11)
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The final section of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 played from measure 363 to the end.
Performed by 12 year old Daniel Yoonsuh Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the ...
The final section of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 played from measure 363 to the end.
Performed by 12 year old Daniel Yoonsuh Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the 2023 Young Artist Competition Junior Division.
Yoon Jae Lee, Conductor
Ensemble 212
This video is made possible with support from the Kwong Sum Charity Fund and viewers like you.
Yohan Yeom, Videographer & Video Editor.
Yoon Jae Lee, Producer & Audio Editor.
Jeremy Tressler, Audio Engineer. Audio recording by Dreamflower Acoustic.
The final section of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 played from measure 363 to the end.
Performed by 12 year old Daniel Yoonsuh Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the 2023 Young Artist Competition Junior Division.
Yoon Jae Lee, Conductor
Ensemble 212
This video is made possible with support from the Kwong Sum Charity Fund and viewers like you.
Yohan Yeom, Videographer & Video Editor.
Yoon Jae Lee, Producer & Audio Editor.
Jeremy Tressler, Audio Engineer. Audio recording by Dreamflower Acoustic.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays his favourite concerto on 15th May in the final of BBC Young Musician 2016 at the Barbican London. He was crowned the overall winner of...
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays his favourite concerto on 15th May in the final of BBC Young Musician 2016 at the Barbican London. He was crowned the overall winner of the competition.
Played with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the conductor is Mark Wigglesworth
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays his favourite concerto on 15th May in the final of BBC Young Musician 2016 at the Barbican London. He was crowned the overall winner of the competition.
Played with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the conductor is Mark Wigglesworth
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
1 Moderato
2 Adagio
3 Allegro molto
Mischa Maisky, cello & conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Gautier Capuçon, Violoncello ∙
Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙
hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Februar 2020 ∙
Website: https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
Camille Saint-Saëns:
1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙
Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I –
Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite –
Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
Bruno Philippe, Violoncello ∙
Christoph Eschenbach, Dirigent ∙
Auftakt ∙
hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt, 17. September 2020 ∙
Website: http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hrsinfonieorchester
An astounding display of viruosity by Gautier Capuçon and the Münchner Philharmoniker led by Valery Gergiev during the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Recorded 7th September 2021.
Movements:
1. Allegretto (00:46)
2. Moderato (7:16)
3. Cadenza - Attacca (19:10)
4. Allegro con moto (25:11)
Yo-Yo Ma Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude
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The final section of Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 played from measure 363 to the end.
Performed by 12 year old Daniel Yoonsuh Lee, 1st Prize Winner of the 2023 Young Artist Competition Junior Division.
Yoon Jae Lee, Conductor
Ensemble 212
This video is made possible with support from the Kwong Sum Charity Fund and viewers like you.
Yohan Yeom, Videographer & Video Editor.
Yoon Jae Lee, Producer & Audio Editor.
Jeremy Tressler, Audio Engineer. Audio recording by Dreamflower Acoustic.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays his favourite concerto on 15th May in the final of BBC Young Musician 2016 at the Barbican London. He was crowned the overall winner of the competition.
Played with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the conductor is Mark Wigglesworth
Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 in 1872, when the composer was 37 years old. He wrote this work for the Belgian cellist, viola de gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbecque. Tolbecque was part of a distinguished family of musicians closely associated with the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, France’s leading concert society. The concerto was first performed on January 19, 1873 at the Paris conservatoire concert with Tolbecque as soloist. This was considered a mark of Saint-Saëns' growing acceptance by the French musical establishment.
Sir Donald Francis Tovey later wrote "Here, for once, is a violoncello concerto in which the solo instrument displays every register without the slightest difficulty in penetrating the orchestra." Many composers, including Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff, considered this concerto to be the greatest of all cello concertos.
Structure and Overview
Saint-Saëns broke with convention in writing the concerto. Instead of using the normal three-movement concerto form, he structured the piece in one continuous movement. This single movement contains three distinct sections. Those sections, tightly-structured, share interrelated ideas. Saint-Saëns' contact with Franz Liszt while serving as organist at the Église de la Madeleine may have led him to use cyclic form in his orchestral works.