Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
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This is a list of musical composition
s for violin
, cello
and orchestra
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of composer
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and cello concerto for discussion of typical forms and topics.
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Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
s for violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, ordered by surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of composer
Please see the related entries for concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
, cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
and cello concerto for discussion of typical forms and topics.
Also see the list of solo cello pieces and List of compositions for cello and piano.
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- Kurt AtterbergKurt AtterbergKurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg once said that: "The Russians, Brahms, Reger were my ideals." His music combines their influences with Swedish folk tunes.-Biography:Atterberg was born in Gothenburg as the son of the...
- Concerto in G minor and C major for violin, violoncello and string orchestra. Op. 57. (1959–60)
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- Johann Christian BachJohann Christian BachJohann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...
- Symphonies concertantes for violin, cello and orchestra in A major (C.79) and B-flat major (C.46)
- Alexander Bakshi
- Winter in Moscow; Ice-covered ground … for violin, cello and string orchestra (1994)
- Rainer Bischof
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1980)
- Konrad BoehmerKonrad BoehmerKonrad Boehmer is a Dutch composer and writer of German birth.Boehmer was born in Berlin. His music reflects his Marxist political agenda, which is made explicit in many of his writings from the late 1960s and 1970s...
- Il combattimento for violin, cello, and orchestra (1989–90)
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1887)Double Concerto (Brahms)The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra.- Origin of the work :The Double Concerto was Brahms' final work for orchestra. It was composed in the summer of 1887, and first performed on 18 October of that year in the Gürzenich in Köln,...
- Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1887)
- Cesar BresgenCesar BresgenCesar Bresgen was an Austrian composer.-Biography:He was born in Florence to Maria and August Bresgen, both artists. He spent his childhood in Zell am See, Munich, Prague, and Salzburg....
- Concertino, for violin, cello and small orchestra
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- Friedrich CerhaFriedrich CerhaFriedrich Cerha is an Austrian composer and conductor.-Biography:Cerha was born in Vienna.He received his education at the Viennese Music Academy and at the University of Vienna...
- Double Concerto, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1976)
- Gordon Shi-Wen Chin
- Double concerto for Violin and Cello (2006)
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- Richard DanielpourRichard DanielpourRichard Danielpour is an American composer.-Biography:Danielpour is born of Persian/Jewish descent. He studied at Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory of Music, and later at the Juilliard School of Music, where he received a DMA in composition in 1986...
- A Child's Reliquary (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra) (2000)
- In the Arms of the Beloved (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra) (2001)
- Johann Nepomuk DavidJohann Nepomuk DavidJohann Nepomuk David was an Austrian composer.He began his musical career in the monastery of Sankt Florian, and was a composition student of Joseph Marx....
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra op. 68 (1971)
- Frederick DeliusFrederick DeliusFrederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce...
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1915–16)
- Gaetano DonizettiGaetano DonizettiDomenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...
- Double Concerto (Concertino) for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in D minor (reconstruction by J. Wojciechowski)
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- Thierry EscaichThierry EscaichThierry Escaich, born 8 May 1965 in Nogent-sur-Marne, is a French organist and composer.-Life:Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Paris Conservatory , where he won 8 “first prizes” and where he has taught improvisation and composition since...
- "Miroir d'ombres", Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2006)
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- Mohammed FairouzMohammed FairouzMohammed Fairouz is an Arab American composer.Having fulfilling many commissions and created a substantial body of frequently performed works, he is considered one of the most sought after composers of the young generation. Fairouz began composing at an early age and studied at the New England...
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra States of Fantasy (2010)
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- Daron HagenDaron HagenDaron Aric Hagen , is an American composer, conductor, pianist, educator, librettist, and stage director of contemporary classical music and opera.- Early life and education :...
- Masquerade for violin, cello and orchestra (2007)
- Lou HarrisonLou HarrisonLou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Gamelan (1982)
- Leopold HofmannLeopold HofmannLeopold Hofmann was an Austrian composer of classical music.-Biography:...
- Concerto in G major for violin, cello and string orchestra
- David Johnstone
- Double Concertante for Solo Violin, Solo Cello and Chamber Orchestra (16 mins) (2009)
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- Julius KlengelJulius KlengelJulius Klengel was a German cellist who is most famous for his etudes and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel....
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra No.1
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra No.2, Op.61 (1924)
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- Ezra LadermanEzra LadermanEzra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
- Concerto for violin and violoncello and orchestra (Edition - Schirmer) (1986)
- Henri LazarofHenri LazarofHenri Lazarof is a Bulgarian composer.Born in Sofia, Bulgaria his formal musical training began in Israel under Paul Ben-Haim. After a short stint in Rome, Lazarof settled in the United States, studying with Harold Shapero and Arthur Berger at Brandeis University...
- Partita di Madrigal Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (25 min) (2001)
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- Tigran MansurianTigran MansurianTigran Mansurian is an Armenian composer of classical music and film scores. He was born in Beirut and educated in Yerevan, Armenia, where his family had moved in 1947...
- Double Concerto for violin, cello and string orchestra (1978)
- Marko Mihevc
- Fidlfadl for Violin solo, Cello solo, and string orchestra (2003)
- Romance for Violin solo, Cello solo, and string orchestra (2003)
- Norbert MoretNorbert MoretNorbert Moret was a 20th century Swiss composer, as well as a conductor, pianist, and teacher....
- Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (1981)
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Orchestra K. 364 in E flat major (1779) arranged
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- (original for violin, viola and orchestra)
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- Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
- Double Concerto for violin, cello and Orchestra (For the Heroes) - Three movements
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- Josef ReichaJosef ReichaJosef Reicha was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor. He was the uncle of composer and music theorist Anton Reicha....
- Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op.3
- Robert Xavier RodríguezRobert Xavier RodriguezRobert Xavier Rodríguez is an American classical composer, best known for his eight operas and his works for children.- Life and career :...
- Favola Concertante, Ballet and Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and String Orchestra (1975)
- Julius RöntgenJulius RöntgenJulius Engelbert Röntgen was a German-Dutch composer of classical music.-Life:Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, Engelbert Röntgen, was first violinist in the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig; his mother, Pauline Klengel, was a pianist, the aunt of...
- Double Concerto for violin and cello (1927)
- Ned RoremNed RoremNed Rorem is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings.-Life:...
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
- Miklós RózsaMiklós RózsaMiklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany , and active in France , England , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953...
- Theme and Variations for violin, cello and orchestra (Op. 29a is a version of the slow movement for smaller orchestra.)
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- Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 29
- Tema con Variazoni, Op. 29a (1958)
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- Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
- La Muse et le Poète for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 132 (1910) - A symphonic poemSymphonic poemA symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
with violin and cello solo
- La Muse et le Poète for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 132 (1910) - A symphonic poem
- Helmut Schmidinger
- “… the sound of the wings, as they brushed one another …” - Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and String Orchestra (2009/2010)
- Alfred SchnittkeAlfred SchnittkeAlfred Schnittke ; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony and First Concerto Grosso...
- Concerto Grosso No. 2, for violin, violoncello and orchestra (1981–82)
- Roger SessionsRoger SessionsRoger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1970-1)
- David Soldier
- Ultraviolet Railroad concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (1992)
- Carl StamitzCarl StamitzKarl Philipp Stamitz , who later changed his given name to Carl, was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry , and a violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso...
- Sinfonia Concertante in D major for violin, cello and orchestra
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- Henri VieuxtempsHenri VieuxtempsHenri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....
- Duo brilliant, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 39
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
- Double Concerto ("Il Proteo, o sia Il mondo al rovescio") for Violin, Cello, Strings and continuo in F major, RV 544
- Double Concerto ("All'inglese"), for Violin, Cello, Strings & Continuo in A major, RV 546
- Double Concerto for violin and cello and strings and continuo in B flat major RV 547
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Strings in B-flat major Op. 20, No. 2
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Strings in F major PV 308
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and Strings in A major PV 238
- Antonín VranickýAntonín VranickýAntonín Vranický , was a famous Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the brother of Pavel Wranitzky....
(also spelled Anton Wranitzky)- Two Concertos for Violin and Cello and orchestra
Other Double Concertos
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
- Concerto for bassoon, cello and orchestra in e minor RV 409
- Edison DenisovEdison DenisovEdison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
- Concerto for bassoon, cello and orchestra (1982)
- Michael NymanMichael NymanMichael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
- Double Concerto for saxophone, cello and orchestra (1996-9)
See also
- String Instrument RepertoireString instrument repertoire-Solo instruments:*Violin:**Violin solo**Violin and piano**Violin concertos**Two violins*Viola:**Viola solo**Viola and piano**Viola concertos*Cello:**Cello solo**Cello and piano**Cello ensemble pieces**Cello concertos*Double bass:**Double bass solo...
- List of solo cello pieces
- List of compositions for cello and piano
- List of compositions for cello and orchestra
- Triple concerto for violin, cello, and pianoTriple concerto for violin, cello, and pianoA triple concerto is a concerto for piano trio and orchestra.Below is a list of concertos for piano trio and orchestra. Please see the related entries for violin concerto, cello concerto, piano concerto and double concerto for violin and cello...