Composed by Oskar Rieding. Arranged by Paul Wood. This edition: pdf, streaming. Romantic Period. Score and part. 21 pages. MyMusicScores.com #1458024. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1899789).
Rieding wrote this cello concerto as his own transcription of his popular violin concerto, keeping the original key of B minor, and it sits naturally on the instrument. The writing puts musical character before technical display: long singing lines, clear Romantic phrasing, and enough forward momentum to carry the weight of a real concerto from the opening bar.
At around ABRSM Grade 6, the solo part is well matched to a developing cellist who is ready for something substantial. Staying in the original violin key means there is considerable A string work throughout, which pays dividends at this stage: the A string demands a different quality of tone production and bow pressure than the lower strings, and Rieding gives the soloist plenty of time to develop confidence in that register. The technical demands call for warm cantabile tone, controlled shifting, and the ability to sustain longer phrases with a sense of direction rather than just covering the notes. There is enough virtuoso figuration to feel like a proper concerto occasion, but the piece never puts difficulty ahead of music.
At nine minutes, the length is well judged. Substantial enough to fill a concerto slot convincingly, and compact enough to sit comfortably in a school concert or festival programme without dominating it.
Key features
Instrumentation: Cello & Piano
Difficulty: approximately ABRSM Grade 6
Duration: approximately 9 minutes
Style focus: cantabile tone production, A string and upper register work, phrase shaping
Format: PDF download, full score and all parts
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Composed by Oskar Rieding. Arranged by Paul Wood. This edition: pdf, streaming. Romantic Period. Score and part. 21 pages. MyMusicScores.com #1458024. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1899789).
Rieding wrote this cello concerto as his own transcription of his popular violin concerto, keeping the original key of B minor, and it sits naturally on the instrument. The writing puts musical character before technical display: long singing lines, clear Romantic phrasing, and enough forward momentum to carry the weight of a real concerto from the opening bar.
At around ABRSM Grade 6, the solo part is well matched to a developing cellist who is ready for something substantial. Staying in the original violin key means there is considerable A string work throughout, which pays dividends at this stage: the A string demands a different quality of tone production and bow pressure than the lower strings, and Rieding gives the soloist plenty of time to develop confidence in that register. The technical demands call for warm cantabile tone, controlled shifting, and the ability to sustain longer phrases with a sense of direction rather than just covering the notes. There is enough virtuoso figuration to feel like a proper concerto occasion, but the piece never puts difficulty ahead of music.
At nine minutes, the length is well judged. Substantial enough to fill a concerto slot convincingly, and compact enough to sit comfortably in a school concert or festival programme without dominating it.
Key features
Instrumentation: Cello & Piano
Difficulty: approximately ABRSM Grade 6
Duration: approximately 9 minutes
Style focus: cantabile tone production, A string and upper register work, phrase shaping
Format: PDF download, full score and all parts
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: Rieding: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 35 for Cello & Piano
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