Cello Concerto (2003)

NB. HEADPHONES please + top screen quality. 2nd part is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roOXaj9HieU {p.s. ALL reactions from eminent musicians are verifiable!}

ALEXANDER BAILLIE - Cellist. I have just listened to the Cello Concerto. I am most impressed. I liked what I heard - a lot. It seems to be a work of great strength and beauty, with some extraordinary scoring and a powerful message.

GEVORG SARGSYAN - Conductor. Being former cellist I was keen to listen to cello concerto. For cellist, it sounds quite challenging in a technical point of view... I realize, that you got your own style, somewhat closer to jazz(?) and rhythmical 'brakes', which in fact makes your compositions 'energic' and adds more colors. I liked the idea of different solos combined with cello in a first half. Please accept my compliments! With collegial greetings.

JACOB A. SHAW - Cellist. So I listened to the piece and I thought it was really very good. Usually I don't like contemporary works but your concerto was very imaginative, I think it used the compass of the cello very well, whilst maintaining melodies at the same time; this is where a lot of modern works go wrong. I would very much like to study the full score. Many thanks, Jacob

JAMIE WALTON - Cellist. Very interesting work which could benefit from some airing, Jamie.

GREGORY WALMSLEY - Cellist. I like it !! The work is full of great interventions between the solo cello and individual instruments from the orchestra. The timpani and brass set up some really good sonorities with jazzy and dissonant solos, and yes, the cello part does appear to be quite busy and challengingly rewarding. The coda towards the end of the work will sound great, very atmospheric.

SEBASTIAN COMBERTI - I have the tape in the car and have listened to it - it sounds interesting. Have you any prospects of a live performance? Was it written for any one in particular? I've listened again and despite the severe limitations of the computerised orchestra, it sounds interesting. Really it needs a live recording - maybe you should get a play-through by a conservatoire orchestra.

NICHOLAS ANDERSON - Cellist. I listened to the whole concerto. It's certainly a truly compelling work, and I would be very interested in performing it.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by KEITH PERREUR-LLOYD But for the painstaking, time-consuming, in fact dedicated work of SUSAN MASTERS, (https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/susan-mas... ) I have the list of over 900 tasks she accomplished), none of my work could have been offered to the public. This includes the audio productions' embedding, the availability to all of my full orchestral scores plus sound, and the organisation of responses from solicited conductors, soloists, orchestra directors, artistes, agencies, composers, pianists, instrumentalists.

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