2025/2026 Programme Proposals

Solo Recital

"Shadows of the past & the future"

Domenico Gabrielli: Ricercari (selection) - the first recorded works for cello Dean: "11 Oblique Strategies" Sollima: "Lamentatio"

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Doina Rotaru: "Umbre III" ("Shadows III") for cello & electronics

J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1

György Ligeti: Sonata for cello solo

Duo Recital with Nathalia Milstein (featuring Romanian Composers Rotaru & Enescu)

Doina Rotaru (Romanian composer): "Umbre III" ("Shadows III") for cello & electronics

George Enescu: Concert piece (arranged by Andrei Ioniță for cello & piano)

Gabriel Fauré: Sonata No. 1 Op. 109 OR Fauré Sonata No. 2 Op. 117

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George Enescu: Sonata No. 2 for cello & piano

Duo Recital with Nathalia Milstein

Option A:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 102 No. 1 in C major

Gabriel Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 109 OR Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 117

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Anton Webern: 2 pieces (1899), 3 pieces Op. 11

Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata OR Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 69 in A major

Option B:

George Enescu: "Concert Piece" (transcription for cello by Andrei Ioniţă).

Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

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Alfred Schnittke: Suite in the old style

Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata op. 119

Octet & Septet with Andrei Ioniță Franziska Hölscher (Violin), Stephen Waarts (Violin), Sebastian Manz (Clarinet), Theo Plath (Bassoon), Felix Klieser (Horn), Wien Xiao Zheng (Viola), Dominik Wagner (Double Bass)

Programme I Schubert Octet

Aleš Pavlorek: Divertimento for clarinet, horn & bassoon

Antonín Dvořák: Quintet in G major Op.77 for 2 violins, viola, violoncello & double bass

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Franz Schubert: Octet in F major D 803 for clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, violoncello & double bass

Programme II Beethoven Septet

Carl Nielsen: "Serenata in vano" CNW 69 for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violoncello & double bass

Jean Françaix: Trio for violin, viola & violoncello

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major Op. 20 for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello & double bass

Solo Repertoire with Orchestra:

Pre-Classical & Classical:

• C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Wq. 172

• Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major

• Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major Op. 56

Romantic:

• Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129

• Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102

• Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy: Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major Op. 33

• Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto Op. 85

• Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104

• Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor

20th Century & Modern:

• George Enescu: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello & Orchestra Op. 8 (1902)

• Aram Khatchaturian: Cello Concerto (1946)

• Dmitry Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 49 (1949)

• Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor Op. 125 (1951)

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Op. 107 (1959)

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 Op. 126 (1966)

• Henri Dutilleux: “Tout un monde lointain...” Concertante for Cello & Orchestra (1967-1970)

• Witold Lutosławski: Cello Concerto (1970)

• Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 3 Cellos & Orchestra (2000-2001)