1 is a composition for solo cello and orchestra by the Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg.
The work is composed in one continuous movement and has a duration of roughly 25 minutes.
[2] The work is scored for a solo cello and an orchestra comprising two flutes (2nd doubling piccolo) two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon), two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, and strings.
"[3] Gramophone compared the work favorably to Lindberg's Parada, writing:If the Cello Concerto makes more sense‚ that isn’t because its idiom is less advanced (rather the reverse is true) but because there is a central protagonist whose progress we can follow.
[4]The musicologist Arnold Whittall similarly described it as "one of the best contemporary music releases of that year.