Concertino

for Violoncello and Orchestra

Peter Thompson

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The ’Cello Concertino by Peter Thompson was written at the beginning of 2000, the short score being completed in February and the full score in April of 2001. The work is in three linked movements and the Concertino runs continuously. The second movement references music Thompson wrote at Cambridge Arts College in the early 1970s, specifically the Two Sonnets for Small Orchestra, which were prefaced by words of James Joyce: “Welladay! Welladay! For the winds of May! Love is unhappy when love is away.”


	Composer	Title	Forces	Total duration
	Peter Thompson	Concertino for Violoncello and Orchestra	’Cello, Orchestra	17 mins
#	Composer	Movement	Forces	Duration
1	Peter Thompson	`I`: Allegro velocemente	’Cello, Orchestra	6½ mins
2		`II`: Andante sostenuto		5¼ mins
3		`III`: Allegro giocoso		5¼ mins

Catalogue code: FM269 • Published: 7th October 2023
Entry last updated: 7th October 2023

	This is a superbly planned and no less superbly executed disc … Handy’s and Clayton’s planning would be for nothing were their musicianship only average. It is very clear, though, that we are in the best of hands. Handy’s tone is exceptionally clean. His use of vibrato, while never obtrusive, instils the notes with life.
	— International Record Review (January 2010)