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The '''Cello Concerto No. 1''' is a composition for solo [[cello]] and [[orchestra]] by the Finnish composer [[Magnus Lindberg]].  It was first performed in the [[Cité de la Musique]], [[Paris]] on May 6, 1999 by the cellist [[Anssi Karttunen]] and the [[Orchestre de Paris]] under the direction of [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]].<ref name="Score">{{Cite web |last=Lindberg |first=Magnus |authorlink=Magnus Lindberg |year=1999 |title=Cello Concerto No.1 |publisher=[[Boosey & Hawkes]] |url=http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Magnus-Lindberg-Cello-Concerto-No-1/4115 |accessdate=May 30, 2016}}</ref>
==Composition==
The cello concerto was composed between 1997 and 1999, though Magnus later revised the work in 2001.  The work is composed in one continuous [[Movement (music)|movement]] and has a duration of roughly 25 minutes.<ref name="Gramophone1">{{cite web |last=Whittall |first=Arnold |authorlink=Arnold Whittall |title=Lindberg Piano Concerto: Early works from the Finnish composer are definitely signposts to the future |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |date=January 2005 |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/lindberg-piano-concerto |accessdate=May 30, 2016}}</ref>
===Instrumentation===
The work is scored for a solo cello and an orchestra comprising two [[Western concert flute|flute]]s (2nd doubling [[piccolo]]) two [[oboe]]s, [[Cor anglais|English horn]], two [[clarinet]]s, [[bass clarinet]], two [[bassoon]]s (2nd doubling [[contrabassoon]]), two [[French horn|horns]], two [[trumpet]]s, two [[trombone]]s, [[tuba]], [[timpani]], percussion, [[Pedal harp|harp]], [[celesta]], and [[String section|strings]].<ref name="Score" />
==Reception==
The concerto has been praised by music critics.  Reviewing a 2002 recording of the work, ''[[BBC Music Magazine]]'' described the music as "another radical solution to the age-old challenges thrown up by this particular genre."<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=Lindberg: Cantigas; Cello Concerto; Parada; Fresco |work=[[BBC Music Magazine]] |date=20 January 2012 |url=http://www.classical-music.com/review/lindberg |accessdate=July 13, 2016}}</ref>  ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'' compared the work favorably to Lindberg's ''[[Parada (Lindberg)|Parada]]'', writing:{{quote|If the Cello Concerto makes more sense‚ that isn’t because its idiom is less advanced (rather the reverse is true) but because there is a central protagonist whose progress we can follow. And Lindberg provides Anssi Karttunen with some fantastical technical challenges along the way. One could not describe the results as emotionally compelling. Rather‚ they constitute an unmissable show.<ref name="Gramophone2">{{cite web |title=Lindberg, M Orchestral Works: Fiercely written' fiercely played' fiercely good – vital music vitally performed |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |date=June 2002 |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/lindberg-m-orchestral-works |accessdate=May 30, 2016}}</ref>}}
The musicologist [[Arnold Whittall]] similarly described it as "one of the best contemporary music releases of that year."<ref name="Gramophone1" />
==Recording==
A recording of the Cello Concerto, performed by Karttunen the Philharmonia Orchestra under Salonen, was released through [[Sony Classical Records]] in 2002.  The album also features Lindberg's ''[[Cantigas (Lindberg)|Cantigas]]'', ''[[Parada (Lindberg)|Parada]]'', and ''[[Fresco (Lindberg)|Fresco]]''.<ref name="Gramophone1" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref name="Gramophone2" />
==References==
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