PERFORMANCES

LIVESTREAMS ~ SOLO CELLO CONCERTS

First Tuesday of each month @ 6:30pm Pacific time

Portland Cello Project pages: Facebook page or youtube channel 

Diane Chaplin, Cellist on Facebook

(can also be watched after the livestream)

IN-PERSON CONCERTS

Tuesday, December 7th

HOME for the HOLIDAYS

WINTER MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO

• Song of Solitude by Michal Stahel

• Dreidel Fantasy by Elaine Fine

• Seven by Andrea Casarrubios

• Variations on Coventry Carol by Diane Chaplin

Tuesday, January 4th

A NEW YEAR ON EVERY CONTINENT

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO from 7 continents!

• Introit from Requiem by Peter Sculthorpe - Australia

• Nigerian Folk Song by Godwin Sadoh - Africa

• The Ice King by Gerald Doorly - Antarctica

• Partita (excerpt) by Adnan Saygun - Asia

• Jingu Suite (excerpt) by Chen Yi - Asia

• Appalachia Suite by Mark O'Connor - North America

• Preludio y Cueca by José Luis Sánchez - South America

• Solo Sonata by Gyorgy Ligeti - Europe

Tuesday, February 1st

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO by WOMEN of COLOR​

• Stolen by Allison Loggins-Hull

• Fault Line by Samantha Fernandez

• Shades by Daijana Wallace

• Baroque Suite by Dorothy Rudd Moore

Tuesday, March 1st

WOIMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO by WOMEN Around the World​

• Fall of the Leaf by Imogen Holst

• Jeux by Collette Mourey

• Jingu Suite (2 mvts) by Chen Yi

• Swerve by Jessica Meyer (for cello and loop pedal)

 RECENT - still available to view 

LIVESTREAMS FROM 2021

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Wednesday, November 10th 

ECHOES of ANCIENT VOICES 

Livestreamed from The Old Church in Portland

LINK TO ARCHIVED CONCERT

• Song of Solitude by Michal Stahel

• Solo Sonata #2 by Benjamin Godard (orig for violin)

• Threnos by John Tavener

• in manus tuas by Caroline Shaw

• Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson​

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Tuesday, November 2nd 

ECHOES of ANCIENT VOICES

• Solo Sonata #2 by Benjamin Godard (orig for violin)

• Threnos by John Tavener

• in manus tuas by Caroline Shaw

• Lamentations: Black Folk Song Suite by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

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Tuesday, October 5th

CHACONNE ~ CIACCONA ~ CHIACONA

• Chiacona sul B by Vitali

• Ciaccona (with pedal loop) by Nicola Matteis

• Ciaccona sul BACH by Carlotta Ferrari

• Chiacona by Tan Dun

• Capriccio in form of a Chaconne on a Theme by Schumann, by Julius Klengel

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Tuesday, September 7th

JEWISH SOUL FOR THE NEW YEAR (Rosh Hashanah)

• Sephardic Prayer by Serban Nichifor

• Arioso by James Simon ("lost" Jewish composer of the Holocaust)

• Doina by Racheli Galay

• Two Pieces by Paul Ben-Haim

• Yizkor by Ayala Asherov

• PLUS Klezmer 

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Tuesday, August 3rd 

THE PASSACAGLIA

• Passacaglia (1674) by Heinrich Biber

• Passacaglia del viandante (2016) by Carlotta Ferrari

• Passacaglia (1982) by William Walton

• Passacaglia for solo cello and loop pedal (2007) by Samuel Bisson 

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Tuesday, July 6th 

CAPRICCIO!

• 2 Capriccios & 5 Variations by FX Hammer (1741-1817)

• A Fancy for Anssi (2010) by Betsy Jolas 

• Capriccio on a Theme of Jobim (2012) by Serban Nichifor

• Toccata capricciosa (1977) by Miklós Rózsa 

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Tuesday, June 1st

BRITANNICA

• Harmonious Blacksmith Variations by Handel

• First Light by Caroline Bordignon

• Sonata for Solo Cello by Granville Bantock

Tuesday, May 4th 

A VISIT TO LATIN AMERICA

• Mexican Nights by Aaron Minsky

• Preludio y Cueca by José Luis Sánchez

• Alguien sube por el camino inventado by Angélica Negrón Rodriguez

• Guajiras by Rogelio Huguet y Tagell

• Danzas Latinoamericanas by José L. Elizondo

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Tuesday, April 27th 

SPANISH INFLUENCE

• Aires Ibericos by Alain Lefébure

• Ezpata Dantza by Javier Jacinto

• Zapateados by Rogelio Huguet y Tagell

• Cajón by Nina Shekhar

• Fantasìa "El Paño Fino" by Salvador Martinez

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Tuesday, March 23rd 

• Ciaccona by Johan Schenk

• "Baroque Suite" by Dorothy Rudd Moore

• Prelude from Suite No. 6 by J.S. Bach

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Tuesday, March 16th 

• Ciaccona by Giuseppe Colombi

• "A Cellist's Garden of Verses" by Elaine Fine

• Capriccio in D minor by Giuseppe dall'Abaco

• Theme & Variations by Sibelius