Édouard Lalo wrote his Cello Concerto in D minor in 1876, in collaboration with the Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer (1847–1891).
The opening has several measures of orchestral music before the solo cello enters with an ad lib theme that is played three times.
The solo cello opens with a slow andante in the third movement; the orchestra joins in and then takes over.
The solo cello ends with a very fast scale that lands on a C sharp trill that resolves to the tonic.
Scored for solo cello, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings.