Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major Premiered On This Day in 1962 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major premiered on this day in 1962.

The first performance was given by Czech virtuoso Miloš Sádlo with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

Although believed composed between 1761-65, the work was lost in the Prague National Museum archives until discovered in 1961 by musicologist Oldrich Pulkert.

 

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH | HAYDN CELLO CONCERTO NO.1 IN C MAJOR | ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE RADIOTELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA