Antonin Dvorak: Concerto in D-Major, Interview Dominik Wagner

Everybody knows Dvorak’s famous b-minor cello concerto but barely anyone knows his a-major cello concerto. He wrote this piece in 1865, the same year as his first two symphonies. Unfortunately, the back then 24 years old Dvorak managed to lose the sheet music of all three pieces.
Shortly after finishing the first version of the cello concerto (unorchestrated, only with the piano part, not structured well and 55 minutes long), an orchestra colleague took the sheet music to Germany where he had found a job. Dvorak sent his first symphony to a composing competition in Leipzig. He never heard back from them and never got the score sent back. He only got to see the second Symphony again around 20 years after writing it. He immediately revised it (like he did with a lot of his early works) and then got it premiered.
This first cello concerto had been on my mind for about 10 years now. In 2021 I finally decided to get the best out of this fantastic material. To do that my father (Wolfram Wagner, composer, professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna) and I spent hundreds of hours analyzing the piece and afterwards making our own version. Just through cuts, we made the overall structure clearer, kept all the strong places and brought it to a length of 34 minutes. Afterwards, I transposed it to D-Major so the registers would fit ideally to the strengths of the double bass.
This is the live recording of the world premiere of this arrangement at the KKL Luzern, June 2023.
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[@gabrielkatzenmeier2655]

So incredible you are truly doing incredible things on the bass and for the bass.

[@christopherbgriffith]

Amazing. Dvorak would undoubtedly love your arrangement!

[@billmcconville9980]

Splendid performance and interview. I eagerly await whatever he does.

[@robertomilanes7611]

Wonderful! Beautiful piece and amazing performance. Congratulations Dominik!

[@raulramirez1493]

Excelente 👌

[@hansk7816]

Congrats wagner🎉
It was such a great performance!

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