Conductor Dominik Beykirch
Maria Jaell composed her 20-minute Concerto pour violoncelle (for cello and orchestra) in 1882. The composer dedicated it to Jules Delsart, one of the
most famous French cellists of her time. In the decade of its composition, the work enjoyed considerable popularity and was also performed by the Belgian cellist
Adolphe Fischer at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, it increasingly fell into oblivion and was only recently awakened from
its more than 100-year slumber.