Concertino H 143

In the domain of concerted music, the first representative work of Martinu is his "Concertino for Violoncello". The Concertino arose at the beginning of the Paris years of the composer's production and bears the marks of a period of stylistic transition. Its single-movement form has a certain rhapsodical quality which gives space to the solo element, but at the same time loosens the formal integration of the work.