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Va, pensieri, sull’ali di celli – The Yale Cellos at Longy | Ole Akahoshi, Director
Sunday • January 26, 2020 | 3:00 pm 5:00 pm
The Yale Cellos, a Grammy-nominated ensemble formed by legendary cellist and teacher Aldo Parisot in 1983, will explore an exciting range of repertoire by composers Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Verdi, David Popper, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Strauss Jr., Astor Piazzolla, and Alexander Tcherepnin.
THE YALE CELLOS
Ole Akahoshi, director
Alexander Tcherepnin, Suite for cello solo, Opus 76
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Sonata for two cellos in G-major
Johann Sebastian Bach, Chaconne, arranged for four cellos
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Andante Cantabile from string quartet No.1 Opus 11, arranged for five cellos
David Popper, Polonaise de concert, Opus 14 for eight cellos, arranged by Valter Dešpalj
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, “Lord, Now lettest depart Thou” from All-night Vigil Opus 37, arranged by Dmirti Atapine
Guiseppe Verdi, La Traviata, Prelude
Guiseppe Verdi, Nabucco, La Pensiero, Chours of the Hebrew Slaves
Johann Strauss II, The Blue Danube, Opus 314, arranged by Werner Thomas-Mifune
Astor Piazzolla, Butcher’s Death
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