schott aktuell - the journal 3/2011 online

21ST CENTURY CELLO CONCERTOS

If you ask cellists about the special character of their instrument, they will above all enthuse about the cello’s extensive range and wide dynamic spectrum, taking in the sonorous ’masculine’ tone of the bass and the luminously bright timbre in the highest parts of the treble register. Sounding out these extremes and developing new techniques in collaboration with outstanding soloists has presented a perennial challenge for composers from the Baroque period right up to the present day.

The cello concertos in this issue, all composed since 2000, display the paths their composers have chosen to tread. The editors of schott aktuell also introduce their personal favourites from the cello concerto repertoire.

p 3: Editorial by Christiane Krautscheid · Contents
pp 4-7: World Premières: Peter Eötvös: Cello Concerto Grosso · Richard Ayres: No. 46 · Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze · Thomas Larcher: A Padmore Cycle · Krzysztof Penderecki: Violoncello totale · Fazil Say: Cleopatra · Enjott Schneider: Orgelsymphonie Nr. 13 · Jörg Widmann: Flute en suite etc.
pp 8-9: Opera First Nights: Hans Werner Henze: The English Cat in Münster · Paul Hindemith: Cardillac in Ostrava · Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze in Warsaw and Luxembourg · Christian Jost: Death Knocks in Cincinnati · Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina in Hamburg · Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron in Zürich · Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins in New York
pp 10-14: 21st Century Cello Concertos - new repertoire for cello and orchestra or ensemble
p 15: News: GEMA Music Award for Hans Werner Henze and Aribert Reimann · Percy Grainger Chandos CD Edition · MOLA Conference in London
pp 16-17: New sheet music editions and books
pp 18-19: New CDs on international labels · New DVDs on WERGO: Carl Orff Antigonae and Oedipus der Tyrann · New CDs on WERGO: Chaya Czernowin Shifting Gravity and Bernd Alois Zimmermann Initiale
p 20: Repertoire - Nino Rota: Concerto No. 2 per violoncello e orchestra