Fantasia for cello and orchestra
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W454
Fantasia for cello and orchestra
- Largo
- Molto Vivace
- Allegro Expressivo
This work is dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky. It was written, according to Villa-Lobos: Sua Obra (1989), in New York in January 1945.
Year Composed:
Category:
Concertos
Instrumentation:
Cello & orchestra
Scores:
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1954. Fantasia, for violoncello and orchestra. New York: Associated Music Publishers.
The autograph score (114 pp.) is in the Museu Villa-Lobos.
Performances:
The premiere was on October 8, 1946. Ibere Gomes Grosso was the cellist, and Villa-Lobos conducted the Orquestra do Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.