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WILLIAM WALTON

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Passacaglia, for cello solo (1979–80)

• Composition: 1979–80
• First Performance: Tuesday, 16 March 1982. Royal Festival Hall, London. Mstislav Rostropovich cello.
• Duration: About 6 minutes
• Dedication: For Mstislav Rostropovich
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C98
• Instrumentation: Cello solo
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 611. Autograph score. 6 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press, 1982. Materials available for purchase:

Passacaglia for Cello Solo

1982

Score

ISBN 019 3594110

• Recordings:

Cellist	Year	Compact Disc	Timing
Raphael Wallfisch	1986	Chandos CHAN 8959	5’20”
Julian Lloyd Webber	1993	ASV Living Era 592
Paul Watkins	2002	Hyperion CDA67340	6’14”