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HAYDN – Cello Concerto in D Major – 1st Movement – SOLOIST + SECOND CELLO

Other Identification:
HAYDN – Cello Concerto in C Major Hob. VII b:1 (1st Mt)
First movement – moderato
Arranged for Soloist with Rehearsal 2nd Cello by David Johnstone
Music Score Preparation and Edition: Javier Navascues Allue
Dedication: Spanish cellist Brian Fasla

Movements or sections:
The two Haydn cello concertos – played by virtually all advanced cellists today – were composed in the early 1760s (C Major concerto) and in 1783 (the D Major concerto). They are the pinnacle of classical period writing for cello soloist with orchestra. These works almost invariably feature on orchestral auditions, especially across Europe, and are also found in the syllabus of many advanced course conservatoires and music schools across the globe. They are so used that I thought of the possibility of producing these movements for just TWO CELLOS. Logically this might be the teacher/professor playing the other part, or two colleagues in further education – or for that matter already in a professional orchestra – maybe taking it in turns to be the star ‘soloist’!

Instrumentation:
TWO CELLOS
In the orchestral ‘tutti’ passages the second cello takes the melodic preference and the soloist relaxes in an accompanying role until his or her next solo entrance. Some of these tuttis have been somewhat shortened, but not as much as one usually hears by pianists in auditions. The links have been made musically so a non-cello audience would hardly realize that a cut has in fact been made! Hoping that these efforts will serve all the situations that I have explained, I wish you enjoyment in playing these. If anyone records them one day then please write to tell me!

Approximate difficulty:
Difficult, both parts
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1 PDF, presented as a playing duo score (programme musical edition)

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