Suite
by Krzysztof Penderecki
Penderecki in 2008
Period	Contemporary
Form	Suite
Composed	1994 - 2013
Published	2014[a]
Publisher	Schott Music
Duration	20 minutes
Movements	8
Scoring	Cello

TheSuite (formerly and alternatively entitledDivertimento) is a composition for solocello by Polish composerKrzysztof Penderecki. The piece is well known for its typical chromatic melodies and for its recurrent use ofpizzicati andcol legno.^[1]

Initially entitledDivertimento,Suite was written over the course of twenty years and had many additions and revisions. Penderecki initially wrote this suite for solo cello as part of a musical collaboration with fellow cellistMstislav Rostropovich which started with theCello Concerto No. 2 and which went on for more than twenty years.^[1] It consisted of only three movements:Serenade,Scherzo, andNotturno, all of them composed in 1994 and premiered on December 28, 1994, inKöln byBoris Pergamenschikow. TheSuite was initially dedicated to Pergamenschikow and commissioned byKölnMusik. The composition was later revisited many times over the years until its completion in 2013.Sarabande followed in June 15, 2001, performed by the dedicatee inLudwigsburg. After that,Tempo di Valse was premiered at theKronberg Academy inKronberg, on October 21, 2004, in a memorial concert for Pergamenschikow performed byClaudio Bohórquez. TheAria was the next movement to be composed, which was premiered byMichel Strauss on September 2, 2006, at theMusée d'art américain inGiverny, at theFestival de Musique de Chamber à Giverny 2006. TheAllegro con bravura was premiered byArto Noras on February 20, 2010, inParis and, finally, thePreludio was premiered between April 16 and 27, 2013, inParis, at the fifthInternational Paulo Cello Competition. It was published several times byBoosey & Hawkes andSchott Music to include the different expansions to the suite. However, the final version was dedicated toArto Noras and published bySchott Music in 2014.^[2][3][4]

This composition takes approximately 20 minutes to perform. The movement list is as follows:^[2][4]

Penderecki himself arranged some of the movements of this composition forviola for separate performance, among themSarabande, which he rearranged in 2000.^[5]

Since the composition was completed in 1994 but subsequently expanded, recordings initially omitted several movements when they were released.^[6][7] Here is a list of notable partial recordings of this composition:

• Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki
• 2013 compositions
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