Cello Concerto (Margola) Explained

The Cello Concerto, Op. 91 composed by Franco Margola is one of his most important works.

Dedicated to the Spanish cellist Gaspar Cassadó (Barcelona, 1897 - Madrid, 1966) the concerto "came to exist in three different versions from which Margola drew the material for the definitive final version in 1949, having also benefited from the advice of the dedicatee Cassadó".^[1]

It consists of three movements:

• Allegro vivo, Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro
• Calmo
• Allegro, Tempo di Siciliana, Allegro

Instrumentation

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in C, 2 bassoons, 3 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, piano, timpani, violoncello solo and strings.

Recordings

• Orazio Fiume (Ouverture for Orchestra), Franco Margola (Violoncello Concerto Op. 91) & Ottorino Respighi (Adagio con variazioni for violoncello and orchestra). Orchestra della Fondazione "Teatro Verdi" (Trieste), cello Jacopo Francini, conductor Paolo Longo. CD Rainbow Classical, Cat.No. RW20100906

References

1. Violoncello Concerto Op. 91, NOMOS Edition, Nms 025, Full Score, Urtext - First Edition, Trieste (Italy) 2011, Foreword, p. xi