Repertoire Suggestions for SOR Solo String Competition

Violin Repertoire:
J.S. Bach: Concerto in E Major
Haydn: Concerto in G Major
Haydn: Concerto in C Major
Larsson: Concertino, Op. 45 No. 8
Mendelssohn: Concerto in D Minor
Paganini: Introduction and Theme with Variations (after Capriccio op. 1, no. 24) for solo violin & string quartet.
Pärt: Fratres
Roman: Concerto in D Minor
Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A
Tartini: Concerto in D Minor
Vivaldi: Four Seasons

Viola Repertoire:

Paul Coletti:  Nocturne
Ivan Handoschkin: Concerto in C for viola & string orchestra
Hindemith: Trauermusik
Alan Hovhaness: Talin, Op. 93, for viola & string orchestra
O. Partosh:  Yizkor
Telemann: Viola Concerto *

Cello Repertoire:
Johann Christian Bach: Concerto in C Minor (for cello or viola and strings)
Boccherini: Cello Concertos (C Major, G. 477; D Major, G. 479; G Major, G. 480; C Major, G. 481)
E. Bloch:  Prayer; Supplication; Jewish Song
E. Bloch:  Meditation Hebräique
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major *
Matthias Georg Monn: Cello Concerto in G Minor
O. Partosh:  Yizkor (can be played with either viola or cello solo)
J. Stutschewsky: Hassidic Suite
Vivaldi: Six Great Cello Concertos (RV nos. 408, 424, 423, 416, 414, 420: Ricordi edition)
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C Minor (Ricordi)

Short works (to be paired with other works for a minimum length of 15 minutes):
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds, for cello & strings
Hindemith: Trauermusik (for cello or viola and strings)
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, for cello & strings
Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile, for solo cello & strings (from String Quartet No. 1)

Bass Repertoire:
Bottesini,G.: Concerto in B Minor
Capuzzi, A.: Concerto in F Major
Dittersdorf, K.: Concerto in D (E) Major
Dragonetti, D.: Concerto in G (A) Major
Eccles,H.: Sonata in G Minor
Hoffmeister, F.: Concerto in C Major
Sperger, J.: Sonata in C (D) Major
Vanhal, J.: Concerto in D (E) Major

Short works (to be paired with other works for a minimum length of 15 minutes):
Bloch, E.: Prayer
Bottesini, G.: Elegy
Keyper, F.: Romance & Rondo
Paganini, N.: Variations for One String on a theme from Rossini's "Moses in Egypt"
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise

Concertos for multiple solo instruments:
Corelli, A.: Sonata La Follia  Op. 5  #12  (Violin & Bass)
Dittersdorf, K.: Sinfonia Concertante  (Viola & Bass)
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos
Vivaldi: Concerto in Bb major for violin & cello (RV 547)

* These pieces are previous winners. We discourage you from entering with these pieces.

- 8/2/2008