Haydn composed the C Major Cello Concerto between 1762 and 1765 almost certainly for cellist Joseph Weigl of the Esterházy Orchestra. The complete autograph score has never been found but orchestral parts were discovered in 1961 in the Prague National Museum.

Haydn composed the C Major Cello Concerto between 1762 and 1765 almost certainly for cellist Joseph Weigl of the Esterházy Orchestra. The complete autograph score has never been found but orchestral parts were discovered in 1961 in the Prague National Museum.

Cello Concerto was composed by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen in 2015 (rev. 2017) - 'To the memory of my mother'. Written to Nicolas Altstaedt on commission from Aarhus Symfoniorkester and Die Duisburger Philharmoniker with support from The Danish Arts Foundation First perfomance in Århus Sept 24 2015. Programme note: This concerto contains a lot of technical and structural stuff that I have forgotten all about now. Without it though the piece would have been a big mess of emotions since it was written while my family and I were taking care of my mother as she was terminally ill. I recognize ithaving become a kind of rondo. The music wanted a place to return to and perhaps it is due to the fact that my mother was always someone I could return to when everything else was exploding. In the end the rondo dies and the music goes somewhere else like all mothers.

Commissioned by the BBC for the 1969 Henry Wood Promenade Concert Season. Premiered by Zara Nelsova and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.