Diversions
Diversions - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - major Diversions on A minor Theme
A work in eight movements
First Performance: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Steven Isserlis / Charles Groves, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 29 March 1989.
Howard originally wrote ‘Diversions’ as a work for cello and piano in 1973, but in 1984 his agent Georgina Ivor introduced him to Maurice Gendron who persuaded him to completely revise it into a concerto for cello and orchestra. Howard worked with him, first in his home in Grez-sur-Loing and later at the Ravel Festival in St. Jean de Luz, Gendron persuading him to compose a completely new cadenza and finale. He completed the full orchestration on Feb. 12 1985.
Movements
- 1:
- Prelude 1min 28sec
- 2:
- Scherzo 1min 3sec
- 3:
- March 2min 43sec
- 4:
- Waltz 3min 1sec
- 5:
- Aria 4min 26sec
- 6:
- Serenade 2min 30sec
- 7:
- Sarabande & Cadenza 3min
- 8:
- Finale 3min 27sec
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