Cello suites (Britten)

Cello suites
by Benjamin Britten
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who inspired and first performed the suites dedicated to him
Opus72, 80, 87
GenreSuites
Performed
  • 27 June 1965 (1965-06-27): Aldeburgh Festival (No. 1)
  • 17 June 1968 (1968-06-17): Aldeburgh Festival (No. 2)
  • 21 December 1974 (1974-12-21): Snape Maltings (No. 3)

The cello suites by Benjamin Britten (Opp. 72, 80, and 87) are a series of three compositions for solo cello, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The suites were the first original solo instrumental music that Britten wrote for and dedicated to Rostropovich, but Britten had earlier composed a cadenza for Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major, for Rostropovich, in 1964. Rostropovich gave the first performances of each work, and recorded Suite No. 1 and 2 commercially.

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