The 23-minute concerto is split into three movements, each of which reflects key aspects of the Queen Mother's personality.
The new concerto is is the second score to be commissioned by Prince Charles in memory of his grandmother, who died in 2002 at the age of 101. The first, Reflections on a Scottish Folksong, was a 27-minute work for solo cello and orchestra by Richard Rodney Bennett; it was premiered by the Philharmonia Orchestra and cellist Paul Watkins in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in March of last year.
