Between - Cello Concerto No. 1 - 3 movements for Violoncello and Orchestra composed by Per Nørgård in 1984-85. Premiered by Frances-Marie Uitti and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Schönwandt August 30th 1985. Programme note: 1. In Between 2. Turning point 3. Among The title of each movement suggests one aspect of the relationship between soloist and orchestra. In the first movement the solist is caught up in a conflict between the expression of inner feelings (solo) and influences from external sources (orchestra) the latter of which the soloist in a simple accompanyingrole but after a turning point in the middle of the movement the soloist assumes a dominating role. In the final movement a balance is finally achieved with the soloist at last being on equal terms with the orchestra. Per Nørgård

Cello Concerto No. 1-Poul Ruders Polydrama (Manyfold Event) for cello and orchestra is the last part of a drama trilogy otherwise consisting of Dramaphonia' for piano and 11 instruments and Monodrama for percussion and 32 instruments. In this abstract drama the individual listener is left entirely to his own associations. The composer has compared polydrama with the gradual defoliation of a big tree: the vigorously growing organism is attacked by a swarm of locusts until finally nothing remains but bare branches in a landscape of long shadows; a solitary singing bird remains however like a streak of hope in an increasingly dark and pessimistic universe.

Piano reduction of the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Includes Score and Part.

Composer : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Edition : Score, urtextEditor : Eisen, Cliff Separate Parts available on demand