Diary of a Madman (Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra)
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Orchestra
- Composed
- 2021
- Duration
- 35'
- Publisher
- Sikorski (Boosey & Hawkes) - rental
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About this piece
A cello concerto of about 35 minutes, written in early 2021 and based on Gogol's story of Poprishchin, a minor government clerk whose diary records his descent into delusion and madness. It was commissioned jointly by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Gautier Capuçon gave the premiere with the Munich Philharmonic under Giedrė Šlekytė at the Isarphilharmonie on 27 January 2022, and the U.S. premiere with the Chicago Symphony under Manfred Honeck in November 2022. It is scored for double winds, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, three percussionists, harp, celesta and strings.
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