- Title
- Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
- Availability
- Out of Print
- Category
- Orchestral
- Instrumentation
- vlc: 2.2.2.3-4.2.0.0-3perc-harp.cel-str
- Duration
- 21'
- Publisher
- Ricordi (Franco Colombo Inc.)
- Premiere
- World: Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA, March 24th, 1950 (Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Paul Olefsky, cello)
- Parts/Movements
- Rider on the Plains
- Variations on a Southern Hymn
- Children's Games
- Copyright
- ©1952 Ricordi
- Year Composed
- 1950
- M.S. Location
- The Virgil Thomson Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University
- Cardell Number
- Orch3[A-E]
- Meckna Number
- W36
- Notes
Portions used for the ballet The Harvest According (1952; ms.; See W5)
- Related Persons
- Eugene Ormandy (Conductor)
- Related Works
The Harvest According - Related Works
The Harvest According, a ballet with music from:
Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928; Southern; See W10)
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1950; Ricordi/Belwin Mills; See W36)
Suite from "The Mother of Us All" (1949; G. Schirmer; See W35)
