Dark Pastoral, Op.112

Category		Orchestral > Concertos
Composed		2010
Duration (approx)		11 minutes
Parts		Cello, 2.1.ca.2.2 - 2000 - strings
Notes		Based on the surviving fragment of the slow movement of Vaughan Williams' Cello Concerto (1942). There are about four minutes of music in the original two-stave short score which David has orchestrated (there are just a few instrumental indications). These comprise an A section of what would probably have been (loosely) an ABA movement (the score ends just as it is branching off into something else). David composed about six more minutes of music based mostly on the first section with some new material in the middle.
Recording(s)		Vaughan Williams: Early and Late Works - World Premiere Recordings Elgar Cello Concerto, Dark Pastoral (Vaughan Williams/Matthews)
Publisher		Faber Music
Commission		Commissioned by the BBC.
First performance		5 September 2010
Venue		BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
Orchestra / Ensemble		BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor		Paul Daniel
Soloists / Players		Steven Isserlis (cello)