Leader, Harold F. Petts
Conductor, Ernest W. Goss
Mischel Cherniavsky (cello)
Saint-Snens's Cello Concerto in A minor was composed in 1872 and first performed at a Paris Conservatoire concert in the following year. In its construction it shows the influence of Liszt, for it is in one continuous movement, consisting of three sections that in outline correspond to the three movements of classical procedure. Rut these sections are all thematically related to one another: the music is almost entirely based on the thematic material announced in the opening allegro section.