a cello sits in the string section in an orchestra.
where does a cello sit in an orchestra?
the string section
the final movement begins with an ascent to a high d. the oboe begins the main theme, which is based on the chromatic scale. the cello repeats it, and presents a new theme. the cellos of the orchestra repeat this, accompanied by the solo cello playing fast sixteenth notes. at bar 105, a distorted version of suliko, a song favoured by stalin and used by shostakovich in "rayok", his satire on the soviet system, is played. then, the flutes play the first theme again. a new theme played in triple time is presented by the orchestra, which is repeated by the cello. then, the orchestra repeats and alters the theme. the horn, bass instruments and solo cello follow. the bass instruments play a modified version of the theme, which is repeated by the solo cello after. the cello begins playing a new theme that uses exactly the same notes as the dsch motif. the modified version that was just played by bass instruments is repeated by the solo cello, accompanied by oboes playing fragments of the new dsch theme. the first theme of this movement is played by the string section after, followed by the new dsch theme in the woodwinds. the dsch theme of the first movement is played, answered by the cello. after the third time this is played, the horn plays the theme again in longer notes. then, the cello plays a passage from the first movement, which is followed by the first theme of this movement played by the woodwinds. this is followed by the first theme of the first movement played by the cellos of the orchestra, accompanied by scales in the solo cello. then, a modified form of the first theme of this movement is played in the cello. the concerto ends with seven timpani strokes.
cello concerto no. 1 (shostakovich)
bullet::::- "urashima" for cello and orchestra









































bullet::::- buxton orr









































bullet::::- a carmen fantasy (1990) for cello and orchestra









































section::::list of cello concertos.:p.









































bullet::::- andrzej panufnik









































bullet::::- cello concerto (premiered 1992)









































bullet::::- arvo pärt









































bullet::::- cello concerto









































bullet::::- russell peck









































bullet::::- voice of the wood, concerto for cello quartet and orchestra









































bullet::::- krzysztof penderecki









































bullet::::- sonata for cello and orchestra (1964) for siegfried palm









































bullet::::- cello concerto no. 1 (1972)









































bullet::::- cello concerto no. 2 (1982)









































bullet::::- concerto grosso no. 1 for 3 cellos and orchestra (2000)









































bullet::::- largo for cello and orchestra (2003)









































bullet::::- william perry
list of compositions for cello and orchestra