Concert for cello and orchestra (Lalo)

I. Prelude (lento) - Allegro maestoso

II. Intermezzo (andantino con moto) - Allegro presto - Andantino - Tempo I

III. Introduction (andante) - Allegro vivace

Lalo consulted while working on it with cellist Adolf Fischer , who then became the first performer of the work. The premiere took place on December 9, 1877 in Paris , Jules Padlu conducted his own orchestra. The success was so great that a week later, on December 16, the program was repeated. Immediately after this, Fischer went on tour, and on January 13, 1878 the concert was performed in Vienna (conducted by Hans Richter ), and on February 16 - in Leipzig (conducted by Karl Reinecke ).

In the finale of the concert, the theme from Zarzuela “Man is weak” ( Spanish: El hombre es débil ) (No. 3, duet “Te llevaré a Puerto Rico ...”) was used. Pablo de Sarasate dealt with the same topic in his first habaner (No. 2 of Op. 21) , published in 1878, almost immediately after the concert of Lalo.

Lalo's concert is included in the repertoire of many leading cellists. It was recorded, in particular, by Andre Navarra (with the Orchestra of the Concert Society of the Paris Conservatory under the direction of André Cluitans , with the Orchestra of Paris under the direction of Emanuel Young and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Konstantin Silvestri ), Guillermine Suga (with the London Symphony Orchestra , conductor Pedro di Freitza Branco ) Pierre Fournier (s orchestra Lamoureux , conductor Jean Martinon ) Zara Nelsova (s London Philharmonic , conductor Adrian Boult ) Gaspar Kassado (s Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , irizhor Yonel Pearl ), Jacqueline du Pré (conductor Daniel Barenboim ), Leonard Rose (with the Philadelphia Orchestra , conducted by Eugene Ormandy ), Yo-Yo Ma (with the Orchester National de France , conducted by Lorin Maazel ), Paul Tortelier (with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , conductor Louis Fremaux ), Anne Gastinel (with the National Orchestra of Lyon , conductor Emmanuelle Crivin ) and others.

• Cello Concert by Edouard Lalo: Sheet Music at International Music Score Library Project