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REPERTOIRE
Below is a list of repertoire learned and performed by Elaina Spiro since 2020
Concerto
Ernst Bloch Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra
Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto No. 9 in Bb Major
Antonín Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violoncelli in G minor RV 531 (Cello I)
Sonata
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata in A Major
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5
César Franck Cello Sonata in A Major, FWV
Paul Hindemith Cello Sonata Op. 25, No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G Minor Op. 19
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Sonata Op. 40
Giuseppe Valentini Cello Sonata in E Major Op. 8
Solo Bach
J.S. Bach Suite I: Prelude, Gigue
J.S. Bach Suite II: Prelude, Allemande
J.S. Bach Suite III: Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Gigue
J.S. Bach Suite V: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue
J.S. Bach Suite VI: Prelude
Showpieces
Astor Piazzolla ‘Le Grand Tango’ per violoncello e pianoforte
Lee Berk Tribute featuring themes from Alan Silvestri’s Forrest Gump and Ramin Jawadi’s Game of Thrones arr. By Tim Huling for cello and piano
Contemporary Solo Cello
Raven Chacon Invisible Arc (for solo cello)
Caroline Shaw ‘in manus tuas’ for solo cello
Etudes
Alfredo Carlo Piatti Caprice: 7
David Popper Etudes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 26
String Quartet
Ludwig Van Beethoven String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
Laura Kaminsky ‘As One’ Chamber String Quartet Opera
Sergei Prokofiev String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Karol Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56
Old Reinlender from Sonndala
Piano Quartet/Quintet
Antonín Dvorak Piano Quintet in A Major No.2 Op. 81
Antonín Dvorak String Quintet No. 2 Op. 77
Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47
Cello Octet
Michael Begay ‘Four Coyotes’ for Cello Octet
Sage Bond ‘Unearth’
Dimitri Cervo ‘Abertura Brasil 2012’
Dimitri Cervo ‘Toro-Lobiana’
Marti Epstein “Into the Solar Haze Like a Gleaming Silver Ribbon” for BocoCelli 2023
Sydney Guillaume ‘Lespwa’
Byron Hogan ‘Auditory Representations of Undanced Emotions’ for cello octet
Ricardo Lorenz Rochela (Raw Cello) Gothic Salsa for 9 Violoncelli
Astor Piazzolla ‘The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’ arr. J. Barralet for cello octet
Nicholas Politi ‘Irradiation’
Terry Riley ‘In C’
Mischa Salkind-Pearl ‘Lovesong: Ghost’ for BoCo Celli and Rhonda Rider
Heitor Villa-Lobos ‘Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for soprano and orchestra of violoncelli’
Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons arr. for cello octet
Eric Whitacre ‘Sleep for 8 Cellos’ Arr. Jeffrey Zeigler
Cello Quartet/Quintet/Duo
J.S. Bach ‘Air’
Michael Begay ‘Daa’ for cello quartet
Claude Debussy ‘Golliwog’s Cakewalk’ for four cellos
Howard Frazin ‘Seasons from a Poet’s Life’ (2023) for cello quartet
Reinhold Glière ‘Cello Duets Op. 53’ III. Con Moto
Ernst Mahle ‘Duetos Modias’ V. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘The Queen of the Night’ for cello quartet
Astor Piazzolla ‘Libertango’ for cello ensemble Arr. Nick Halsey
Astor Piazzolla ‘Oblivion’ Arr. P. Villarejo
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ‘Sicut Cervus Motet’ for Cello Quartet
Henry Purcell ‘Nymphs and Shepherds’
Mischa Salkind-Pearl ‘Oceans’ cello quintet
Paul Wiancko ‘Cello Quartet Op.1 When the Night’
Misc. Chamber Arr.
Lee Berk Tribute featuring themes from Alan Silvestri’s Forrest Gump and Ramin Jawadi’s Game of Thrones arr. By Tim Huling for cello and piano
Alexander Borodin String Trio in g minor for two violins and a cello
G.F. Handel ‘Quel fior che all’alba ride’ for choir and solo cello
Jules Massenet ‘Élégie’ for soprano, cello, and piano
Maurice Ravel Chansons Madecasses for baritone, cello, flute, and piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos ‘The Jet Whistle’ for flute and cello
Orchestral
Lera Auerbach - Post Silentium
William C. Banfield Symphony No. 4: Streams of Consciousness
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
Arr. Margaret Bonds: Selections from Five Creek Freedmen Spirituals
-IV. Lord, I Just Can’t Keep from Cryin’
-V. You Can Tell the World
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Benjamin Britten ‘Cantata Academica’
Valerie Coleman ‘Seven O’Clock Shout’
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ‘Toussaint L’Ouverture’
William Cutter ‘A blessed unrest’
William Cutter “From a Shaker Hymnal”
-I. Let Zion move
-II. There’s a light
-III. Land of Love
-IV. I will go on my way
Tan Dun ‘Eight Colors’
Tan Dun ‘Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds’
Julian Dürr ‘Piano Concerto No. 1: “Eternal” for Piano and Orchestra’
Maurice Duruflé ‘Requiem’ for choir and orchestra
Adolphus Hailstork Symphony No. 5 Mvmt. 1 “Answering the Call”
Adolphus Hailstork ‘Crispus Attucks’
Adolphus Hailstork ‘Three Spirituals’
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Arturo Marquez ‘Danzon No. 9’
Missy Mazzoli ‘These Worlds in Us’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘Serenata Notturna’
Florence B. Price “Song of Hope”
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony 7 in C-sharp minor Op. 131
Giacomo Puccini ‘Act III Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut’
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1
Maurice Ravel ‘Mother Goose Ma Mere L'oye’
Gioachino Rossini ‘Overture to La Scala di seta’
Camille Saint-Saens ‘Carnival of the Animals’
Caroline Shaw ‘Entr’Acte’
Joseph Schwantner ‘New Morning for the World’
William Grant Still ‘Festive Overture’
William Grant Still ‘Poem for Orchestra’
William Grant Still Symphony No. 5 “Western Hemisphere”
Richard Strauss “Morgen!”
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky ‘Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy’
Stephan Thompson ‘NDE’
Guiseppe Verdi ‘La Forza Del Destino Overture’
Guiseppe Verdi ‘Overture to I Vespri Siciliani’
George Walker ‘Lyric for Strings’
John Williams ‘Highlights from the Universal Motion Picture “Jurassic Park”’
John Williams ‘Raiders March from the Paramount Motion Picture “Raiders of the Lost Ark”’
John Williams ‘Star Wars Suite for Orchestra’
John Williams ‘Superman March from “Superman”’
R. Vaughan Williams ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’
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