Cello Concerto No. 2
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Cello Concerto No. 2 is a late, introspective concerto for cello and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, noted for its dark lyricism, complex structure, and prominent use in the modern cello repertoire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cello concerto
ⓘ
concerto ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 126 ⓘ |
| character |
dark lyricism
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| difficulty | virtuosic cello part ⓘ |
| firstConductor | Yevgeny Svetlanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstOrchestra | USSR State Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Mstislav Rostropovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasTheme | motivic transformation ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Soviet period ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Shostakovich late symphonic style ⓘ |
| key | G major ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movement |
first movement
ⓘ
second movement ⓘ third movement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex structure
ⓘ
prominent use in modern cello repertoire ⓘ |
| orchestration |
brass
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ solo cello ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| partOf | Shostakovich cello concertos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second cello concerto by Shostakovich ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1966-09-25 ⓘ |
| premiereOccasion | Dmitri Shostakovich 60th birthday celebrations ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Moscow Conservatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Soviet state music publishers ⓘ |
| reception | highly regarded in cello repertoire ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor | cello and orchestra ⓘ |
| structure | three movements ⓘ |
| style |
late Shostakovich
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 35 minutes ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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