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Cello Concerto No. 1 (Glass)

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226:); this builds into a climactic moment in the movement, an ecstatic, dance-like section with layered harmonies, punctuated by distant clangs of a bell. Afterward, the cello reappears and works with the orchestra until it returns to another crescendo, restating the first climax. Then, with the tambourine continuing the dance-like feel, the orchestra rises and falls, with the cello spiralling downward; the orchestra plays rapid, whirling notes until it reaches resolution. The ghostlike feel of the earlier movements forgotten, the work concludes with distinctive finality, a four-note bang similar to that of 87: 22: 1057: 180:. The movement progresses as the orchestra appears in full, developing into a fluid yet compact climax, interspersed with periodic cello arpeggios. After several minutes of intense orchestral involvement, the piece suddenly quietens and the second theme is eerily restated on the cello in very high register. The introductory material is then recapitulated by the 124:. The work was premiered by Lloyd Webber with Long Yu conducting the China Philharmonic during the 2001 Beijing Music Festival, and attracted significant attention as the first time the work of a major western composer had its world premier in China. A typical performance takes about 30 minutes. The work is paired with the 262:
conducting, on October 21, 2001. The orchestra had been founded the year before and this concerto was the first work that it played by a major living composer. Glass could not attend the performance; in an interview, he revealed that he subsequently did not attend a playing of the concerto until six
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Abruptly, the third movement jolts into play with a short, unexpected burst of the brass, followed immediately by the cello stating the familiar opening theme from the first movement. Afterwards, the cello rises in volume until it unexpectedly fades and the orchestra takes over, progressing with
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years after it premiered. It is relatively popular, but has had little time to attain the level of attention and analysis as some of Glass' earlier concerti or other large-scale symphonic works. However, listeners continue to increase.
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ones; while it still projects many of the minimalist aspects which characterize Glass' music, it has audible differences, ushering a new look to composition in Glass' more recent musical approach.
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which would vary throughout the piece. The cello then exchanges bursts with the brass and returns to the original theme. We then hear a new, more placid melody, introduced by both the cello and
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The second movement is the concerto's calmest, punctuated by a soft, lyrical flute theme. The movement concludes in a similar manner to the first, with a dark, quiet close.
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of the twenty-first century. The piece was commissioned by William and Rebecca Krueger, friends of both the cellist
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The work has noticeable "classical" (as Glass would describe his current musical style) elements in addition to
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The concerto is in the standard three movement form (this is notable because, as with the earlier
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in celebration of Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday and the first anniversary of Maestro Yu's
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The cello concerto was one of a series of eight concerti designated as part of
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2011: Wendy Sutter (cello) and Dante Anzolini (with
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Philip Glass
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Julian Lloyd Webber
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China Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Concerto Project
minimalist
Violin Concerto
cello
motif
orchestra
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The Planets
Rachmaninov's
Piano Concerto No. 2
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