Cello and Orchestra
SKU: HL.14020990
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Score. Composed
1999. 80 pages. Chester
Music #CH58933. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14020990).
ISBN
9780711923904.
5.5x7.5x0.283
inches.
If Davies's
Cello Concerto has
already evoked
comparisons with Elgar's,
that is perhaps an
indication not only of
its wealth of solo melody
(there is hardly a page
where the cello is not
singing, or if not that,
then dancing), and of its
predominantly slow
tempos, but also of its
musical stature. This
second Strathclyde
concerto is a virtuoso
piece for the entire
ensemble, which is used
almost throughout as a
clutch of soloists rather
than as a tutti block.
The general tone is one
of passionate but
interior dialogue,
especially in the opening
Moderato and the slow
movement; and though the
finale is more extrovert,
the work ends back in
quietness and
rumination.
