Cello Concerto
(2012)
25 min
2(2pic).2.1+bcl.2/2.1.1+btbn.0/timp/str; concertante pf, dmkit, db
G Schirmer Inc
Program Note
In 3 movements, played without pause.
In a sentence, this is a concerto for a cello that forgot it was a cello. I’m not sure that there is a storyline in this piece, per se, but I feel like the cello is excited, at first to be free of its historical baggage. However, the exuberance that comes with this freedom is transformed into anxiety sometime during the first movement. The cello tries to recapture its old self, or whatever it can remember of it, in a passionate cadenza like second movement. However, this is not possible, but the cello does find its new place, expression, and soul, in the final movement of the piece.
— Avner Dorman
In a sentence, this is a concerto for a cello that forgot it was a cello. I’m not sure that there is a storyline in this piece, per se, but I feel like the cello is excited, at first to be free of its historical baggage. However, the exuberance that comes with this freedom is transformed into anxiety sometime during the first movement. The cello tries to recapture its old self, or whatever it can remember of it, in a passionate cadenza like second movement. However, this is not possible, but the cello does find its new place, expression, and soul, in the final movement of the piece.
— Avner Dorman
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Reviews
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To describe Inbal Segev's performance of Avner Dorman's Cello Concerto as "electrifying" would be exceedingly appropriate… here was a new musical experience… And what made it even more compelling was the marriage of her big sound with Dorman's dynamic music writing… Dorman's concerto is remarkable for its vibrancy
— Marcus Kalipolites , Times Herald-Record (2013)
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The concerto was probably one of the most successful new works debuted by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra during the tenure of conductor Randall Craig Fleischer, both in terms of substance and effect…
— Mike Dunham , Anchorage Daily News (2013)
Performances
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2013
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Sep 21, 2013Youngstown, OH, United States of AmericaPerformers: Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor, Inbal Segev, cello
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Jul 26, 2013Teatro Mayor — Bogota, ColombiaPerformers: Orq.Sin.Nacional de Columbia
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May 4, 2013Poughkeepsie, NY, United States of AmericaPerformers: Hudson Valley Philharmonic
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Feb 23, 2013Anchorage, AK, United States of AmericaPerformers: Anchorage Symphony OrchestraWorld Premiere