Tunes

CELLO's mission is to create an eclectic mix of repertoire for every concert, shaping the program according to each venue's interests while maintaining our commitment to diversity.


A four minute CELLO experience…

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Highlights from Our Varied Repertoire

   * written for CELLO

Concertos

  1. Unnamed Piece by Andrew Waggoner *
  2. Voice of the Wood by Russell Peck *

Classical

  1. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
  2. Hungarian Peasant Songs by Béla Bartók
  3. Queen Anne's Lace by Peter Schickele *
  4. Polonaise de Concert by David Popper

Jazz-Based

  1. Samba del Sol by Jeff Beal *
  2. Jazzicals by Ilan Rechtman *
  3. Loose Change by Ron Carter *

Popular

  1. I am the Walrus by Paul McCartney and John Lennon
  2. Dance Suite for CELLO by Mark Weber *
    i. Walking Man   ii. Jommin' Mon   iii. Shag
    iv. Doo-Wop   v. Head Banging
  3. That's What Friends Are For by Charlie Bisharat *

World Music

  1. Toccata Tropical by Paul Desenne
    i. The Glass Bamboo Frog Consort   ii. Kaliguasa
    iii. Pajaro-Guaracha
  2. Fratres by Arvo Pärt
  3. Folk Songs Set No. 11A by Reza Vali *

A Sample Program

The Chairman Dances John Adams (b. 1947)
arr. Carlos Franzetti
Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Lasst Walten J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
arr. Laszlo Varga
Loose Change * Ron Carter (b. 1937)
Chant de Nyandarua
   Litanies pour Quartres Violoncelles 		Jean-Louis Florentz (b. 1947)
I am the Walrus John Lennon (1940-1980)
Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
arr. Kenn Chipkin
Stretched on the Beauty (2004) * Andrew Waggoner (b. 1960)
Intermission
Bachianas Brasileiras No.1
   Embolada (arr. Laszlo Varga) 		Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Three Sketches from Georgia O'Keeffe *
   III Sky Above Clouds 		Mark Weber (b. 1965)
Toccata Tropical * Paul Desenne (b. 1959)
Polonaise de Concert, Op. 14 David Popper (1843-1913)
arr. Sebastiaan van Eck