Edouard Lalo
Violoncello Concerto d minor
Originally, Lalo was meant to follow an officer’s career but his musical talent soon became apparent and so he decided to become a musician. Every cellist is familiar with his Cello Concerto in d minor which is just as spirited as his “Symphonie espagnole”. Many renowned virtuosi, from Julius Klengel to Leonard Rose, have published their own editions of the concerto. The Henle Urtext edition distances itself from all of the additions made by other editors, but it offers both an unmarked part and one with fingerings and bowings by the famous cellist Heinrich Schiff. Parallel to our piano reduction, Breitkopf & Härtel are publishing a score, pocket score and orchestral material.
About the Composer
Edouard Lalo
A French composer and violinist. Musically he felt drawn to German traditions, which is reflected in his compositions; but at the same time his works demonstrate predilections for rhythmic quirks and folkloric elements. His output includes violin concerti, song cycles, symphonies, operas, and chamber music. He was a member of the Société Nationale de Musique.
| 1823 | Born in Lille on January 27. |
| from 1833 | Studies violin with Joseph Müller and composition with Pierre Baumann at the Lille Conservatoire. |
| around 1839 | Takes private violin lessons in Paris, including with François-Antoine Habeneck. |
| around 1845 | He becomes a pupil of Julius Schulhoff and Joseph-Eugène Crèvecœur. |
| 1848 | Cofounder of a politically-oriented union of musicians supporting the revolution. |
| 1849 | Hired by the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique. |
| 1850 | Under the baton of Hector Berlioz he plays in concerts of the Grande Société Philharmonique. |
| 1850–56 | He writes chamber works including the two Piano Trios, op. 7 and without opus number, and the Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 12. |
| 1856 | On January 30, the Quatuor Armingaud makes its debut in Paris with Lalo on second violin. |
| 1865 | On July 6 he marries for a second time, to contralto Julie Bernier de Maligny, who inspires him to compose songs. |
| 1874 | He writes his Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major, op. 21 (“Symphonie espagnole”), dedicated to Pablo de Sarasate. |
| 1878 | The Institut de France honors him with the Prix Chartier. |
| around 1881 | He composes the commissioned ballet “Namouna.” |
| 1888 | His opera “Le roi d’Ys” is performed for the first time in Paris. |
| 1892 | Dies in Paris on April 23. |
About the Authors
Peter Jost (Editor)
Dr. Peter Jost, born in 1960 in Diefflen/Saar, read musicology, German and comparative studies at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. He did his PhD in 1988 with a thesis on Robert Schumann’s Waldszenen.
From November 1991 to April 2009 he was a research associate at the Richard Wagner Complete Edition in Munich, and since May 2009 has been an editor at G. Henle Publishers. His Urtext editions comprise predominantly French music of the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by Lalo, Saint-Saëns and Ravel.
Johannes Umbreit (Piano reduction)
Prof. Johannes Umbreit studied the piano at the Musikhochschule in Munich. From 1987 onwards he was a regular accompanist at courses given by Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Thomas Brandis, Ljerko Spiller, Igor Ozim, Olga Woitowa, Ernő Sebestyén, Walter Nothas, F. Andrejevsky, Denis Zsigmondy and Zakhar Bron amongst others. He has appeared in numerous radio and TV broadcasts and plays chamber music with members of the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
He is on the jury of different international competitions and has been invited to several international music festivals. Umbreit was a teacher for almost ten years at the Musikhochschule in Munich and at the same time a lecturer for chamber music and piano accompaniment at the Richard Strauss Conservatory. Since 2008 he has been a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. As the long-serving managing director of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft, he was made an honorary member of the board in 2009. In May 2011, the Bavarian Minister of Culture appointed Johannes Umbreit an honorary professor of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München on the suggestion of its academic senate.
Heinrich Schiff (Fingering and bowing for Violoncello)
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