Édouard Lalo (27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) was a French composer. Cello Concerto in D minor Édouard Lalo wrote his Cello Concerto in D minor in 1876, in collaboration with the Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The work was premièred the following year at the Cirque d'Hiver with Fischer as soloist. Form The concerto is written in three movements: Prelude..