Release Date: 01 May 2026
Label: Nimbus Music Publishing
Packaging Type: Paper Back Book
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9790708192008
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: Richard Blackford
Description
While writing my cello concerto I read many articles and news bulletins about climate anomalies around the world. Extreme manifestations of the four elements of Nature (Earth, Air/Wind, Water, Fire) became the narratives for the first three movements. The final movement, inspired by the recovery of the town of Paradise, California, which was destroyed by wildfires in 2018, celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the face of tragedy. In February 2025 Cello Concerto, commissioned by the Czech Philharmonic for the virtuoso cellist Alisa Weilerstein, was premiered in the Rudolfinum, Prague with the Czech Philharmonic under Tomas Netopil.
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Augusta Read Thomas
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David Ponsford
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David Ponsford
![David Ponsford - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major (BWV1051) [for two harpsichords or pianos] - NMP1395](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229452.jpg?v=1779089944&width=700)
David Ponsford
![David Ponsford - Johann Friedrich Fasch: Trio in C Minor (BWV585); Francois Couperin: Aria in F (BWV587); Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio in D Minor (BWV583) [for two harpsichords or pianos] - NMP1399](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229490.jpg?v=1779089943&width=700)
David Ponsford
![David Ponsford - Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No 8 (BWV593); Concerto in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11 (BWV596) [for two harpsichords or pianos] - NMP1397](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229476.jpg?v=1779089938&width=700)
David Ponsford
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
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Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Elizabeth Watts; Britten Sinfonia
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Ikon Singers and Ensemble; Rebecca Bottone; Alessandro Fisher; Ste
