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MENDELSSOHN – Cello Concerto in E minor (based on the Violin Concerto, edited by Joseba Berrocal Cebrián)

PDF 1 – Cello part (slightly simplified)

PDF 2 – Orchestral score and individual parts for version with STRING ORCHESTRA undertaken by Jakub Kowalewski

PDF 3 – Original orchestra by Mendellsohn (no individual parts offered)

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Editor’s Notes (J. Berrocal):
Mendelssohn’s Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor Op. 64 is undoubtedly one of the central works in the repertoire for its instrument. On the other hand, the early death of the composer prevented Felix from continuing to write for the cello. An instrument for which he left two sonatas, the Variations Op. 17, some single works; and which he knew at first hand through his brother Paul and the many soloists he came across during his intense musical life. We know at least of his contacts and joint performances with Julius Rietz, Mateusz Wielhorsky, Lisa Christiani and Robert Lindley, and no doubt there were many more.

This cello arrangement of Mendelssohn’s Concerto will be issued in two parallel editions: a ‘simple version’ and a ‘full version’. As the names indicate, the ‘full version’ will make full use of the technical resources of the cello in the second half of the 19th century, with the aim of being as close to the original as possible. The ‘simple version’ presents a less demanding reading from this technical point of view, which will bring it closer to a larger number of performers. The first edition of the work, from 1845, has been used as the principal source. However, in some passages, the author’s manuscript version has been recovered, valuing the outcome in cello as more idiomatic. As the original key of E minor has been preserved, the accompaniment for orchestra or the reduction for piano is the same as for violin.

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Joseba Berrocal Cebrián – about the editor (in Spanish):

Tras estudiar en el Conservatorio Superior de Bilbao, recibe becas de la Fundación BBK y de la Diputación de Bizkaia para continuar sus estudios de musicología y oboe barroco respectivamente. Doctor por la Universidad de Zaragoza con la tesis La recepción del oboe en España en el siglo XVIII. Ha sido docente en las Universidades del País Vasco, de La Rioja y de Zaragoza, y ha colaborado como Editor Asociado con el Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. Su área de interés de investigación científica incluye la diseminación de la música instrumental en Europa en los siglos XVII y XVIII, publicando con regularidad artículos y ediciones musicales sobre éste y otros sujetos. Paralelamente, en el ámbito de la divulgación musical, colabora con diversas orquestas, revistas y casas discográficas en la publicación de textos. En la actualidad es profesor en el Departamento de Musicología del Conservatorio Superior de Castilla y León.

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