Summary of Dissertation Recitals Three Programs of Cello Music

Abstract

Three cello recitals were given in lieu of a written dissertation.

The repertoire was selected for these recitals show the versatility of the cello as a concerto, chamber, and solo instrument. The first recital, Cellist Composers and Arrangers, focused primarily on solo and chamber music composed by cello performers of the last three centuries. The second recital, Solo Cello, contained three significant works for solo cello. The final recital, Haydn C Major, was a performance of Haydn’s C major Concerto with the Utah Chamber Artists in Salt Lake City, UT.

Friday, January 25, 2013, 8:00 p.m., School of Music McIntosh Theater, The University of Michigan. Kathryn Tremills, piano, Steven McGhee, piano, Britton Riley, cello, Horacio Contreras, cello. Luigi Boccherini Sonata no. 6 in A major; Sulkhan Tsintsadze Five Folk Pieces for Cello and Piano; Niccolo Paganini Moses Fantasy; David Popper Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66; Carlo Alfredo Piatti Caprice no. 7 from 12 Caprices for Solo Cello; Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne (arr. by Gregor Piatigorsky).

Saturday, April 6th, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Györgi Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello; Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Zoltán Kodály Solo Sonata Op. 8.

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, Salt lake City, Utah. Barlow Bradford, conductor, Utah Chamber Artists, orchestra. Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb:1.