Repertoire

Senza basso – solo cello

17th century: Galli, Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello (sonatas) and Gabrielli, Ricercari (all)

18th century: Bach, Cello Suites 1-6, BWV1007-12, Dall’Abaco, Capricci and Duport Exercises.

19th century: Piatti, Capricci 1, 4, 7 and Popper Études

20th century: Holst, The Fall of the Leave and Gabus, Déploration pour une amie défunte

21st century: Ledger-Dowse, Aeternum

Col basso – historical cello (s), bass violin and continuo or historical keyboard(s)

The origins (bass violin): Selma, Svsana Pasegiata, Rognoni, Susanne d’Orlando, Frescobaldi, canzone per basso solo

17th century: Degli Antonii (piccolo/tenor with violin and bc), Ricercari 6 and 10; Vitali, Partite sopra diverse Sonate; Ruvo, Cello pieces and sonata; Gabrielli, Sonatas 1 and 2; Jacchini, Four sonatas for cello

18th century Italian sonatas: Geminiani, Sonatas 1, 2, 4 and 5 from op.5; Vivaldi, Sonatas in A minor RV44, G minor RV42, E flat major RV39, F Major RV41, E minor RV40, B flat-Major RV46; Vandini, Cello sonata in A minor; Lanzetti, sonatas 11 and 12 from op 1; Boccherini, Sonatas in A Major G4, C Major G3 and G6, G Major G5 and G15, F Major G1, C minor G2, E flat-Major G10, B-flat G12 and G565

18th century French sonatas: Barrière, Sonata in A minor (Book 2, 1) in F# minor (Book 2, 2) in E minor (Book 3, 1), Sonata a tre in D minor (Book 3, 2), C Major (Book 4, 6)

18th century German: Bach, Gamba sonata no 3 (piccolo); Telemann, Cello Sonata in D Major, TWV 41:D6

19th century: Beethoven, variations and Sonatas op 5 no 2 and op 69; Hélène Liebmann, Cello sonata; Schumann, 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102; Fanny Hensel, Fantasy; Louise Farrenc, Cello sonata; Chopin/Franchomme, Nocturnes; Dvorak, Rondo Op. 94; Popper, Hungarian Rhapsody; Fauré, Encore pieces

20th century: Shostakovich, Cello sonata op 40; Gherard, Cello sonata

Cello and Orchestra

(including many major solos from the vocal and orchestral repertoire such as the piccolo cello obbligati by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Haydn, etc)

Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor (RV418), in G Major (RV413), Double Cello Concerto in G minor (RV531)

Haydn, Cello Concerto No 2 in D major, Hob VIIb:2

Boccherini, Cello Concerti in G major (G480) and B Flat Major (G482)

Tillière, Cello Concerto

Lalo, Cello Concerto in D minor

Schumann, Cello Concerto op 129

Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no 1, op 33

Viola da Gamba

(including many major solos from the vocal and orchestral repertoire such as JS Bach Passions and Cantatas)

Marais, Suites from Books I, II, IV (incl famous Preludes, Dances, Les Voix Humaines, etc)

Simpson, pieces from The Division Viol

Hume, pieces from the Musicall Humors

Diego Ortiz, divisions from the Trattado de Glosas

Telemann, Solo Gamba Fantasias