Tout un monde lointain...
Tout un monde lointain... (A whole distant world...) is a concertante work for cello and orchestra composed by Henri Dutilleux between 1967 and 1970 for Mstislav Rostropovich. It is considered one of the most important 20th-century additions to the cello repertoire and several major cellists have recorded it. Despite the fact that the score does not state that it is a cello concerto, Tout un monde lointain... has always been considered as such.
| Tout un monde lointain... | |
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| Concertante music by Henri Dutilleux | |
Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist for whom the work was written, in 1959 | |
| English | A whole distant world... |
| Based on | poetry by Charles Baudelaire |
| Composed | 1967–70 |
| Movements | five |
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| Premiere | |
| Date | 25 July 1970 |
| Location | Festival d'Aix-en-Provence |
| Conductor | Serge Baudo |
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Each of the five movements was inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, and the overall feel of the work is mysterious and oneiric. A typical performance runs approximately 27 minutes.
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