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 on Diane's youtube channel)

Tuesday, September 6th

REVISTING THE BAROQUE

Music inspired by an earlier time

• John Webber: Suite #1

• Paul Brantley: Branle Coupé

• Natalie Klouda: Suite for Solo Cello (after the Suites by Bach & inspired by Indian classical music) 

Tuesday, October 4th

DAYS of AWE

Meditative, solemn, intense - Jewish music to usher in Yom Kippur

• Louis Lewandowski: Kol Nidrei

• Iris Azquinezer: Bereshit

• Naom Faingold: A Prayer for Those who Look Away

• Dan Reiter: Kaddish

• Graciane Finzi:Crepuscule di Kol Nidre

 RECENT - still available to view 
on Diane's youtube channel

Tuesday, August 2nd

• IN ITALIA

• Scipriani: Three Toccatas

• Lucio Amanti: Jazz Suite

• Carlotta Ferrari: Passing and Glassing 

• Giovanni Sollima: Alone 

Tuesday, July 5th

AMERICANA

• Randy Calistri-Yeh: Variations on My Country Tis of Thee

• YoYo Ma/Andrea Yun: Simple Gifts

• Lydia Jane Pugh: Carolina's Jig

• Judith Markovich: Voices Long Kept Silent WORLD PREMIERE

• Vieuxtemps/Chaplin: Souvenir d'Amerique 

Tuesday, June 7th

SOLLIMA!! 

• Amor Vincit Omnia

• Lamentatio 

• Terra Acqua

• Fandango (after Boccherini)

• The Shooting - duo with cellist HEATHER BLACKBURN

• Arboreto Salvatico - duo with cellist HEATHER BLACKBURN

Tuesday, May 3rd

SLAVIC ROOTS

• March from Music for Children, by Prokofiev/Piatigorsky

• Two Romantic Pieces, by Minyar-Beloruchev

• Suite for Solo Cello, by Alexander Tcherepnin

• Prelude #2, by Sofia Gubaidulina

• Serenade, by Yuriy Leonovich

• Toccata, by Nicolas Karjinsky

Tuesday, April 5th

NORDIC NOOK

MUSIC FROM  FINLAND, NORWAY, DENMARK & SWEDEN​

• Monolog 17 on Swedish Folk Songs, by Erland von Koch 

• Icelandic folk music

• Vocalise, by Povilas Syrrist-Gelgota (Norway)

• Bravoustudien (excerpts), by Poul Ruders (Denmark)

• Papillon #1, by Kaija Saariaho (Finland)

• Variations for Solo Cello, by Jean Sibelius (Finland) 

Tuesday, March 1st

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO by WOMEN from Around the World​

• Fall of the Leaf, by Imogen Holst (England)

• Jingu Suite (excerpts), by Chen Yi (China)

• Reflections & Dances Part 2, by Liz Dilnot Johnson

• Deploration Pour Un Amie Defunte, by Monique Gabus (France)

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

Tuesday, February 1st

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO ​

• Stolen, by Allison Loggins-Hull

• Fault Line, by Samantha Fernandez

• Two Nigerian Songs, by Godwin Sadoh

• Shades, by Daijana Wallace

• Baroque Suite, by Dorothy Rudd Moore

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

A NEW YEAR ON EVERY CONTINENT

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO from 7 continents!

• Introit from Requiem by Peter Sculthorpe - Australia

• The Ice King by Gerald Doorly - Antarctica

• Nigerian Folk Song by Godwin Sadoh - Africa

• Dance with Flying Cymbals by Chen Yi - Asia

• Partita (excerpt) by Adnan Saygun - Asia

• Appalachia Suite by Mark O'Connor - North America

• Preludio y Cueca by José Luis Sánchez - South America

• Solo Sonata by Gyorgy Ligeti - Europe

Livestreams from 2021

Tuesday, November 1st

SAINTS and SPIRITS

• Serban Nichifor: Old Mormon Songs

• Rogelio Huguet y Tagell: Hallucinations

• Sofia Gubaidulina: Prelude (with sign of the cross)

• Hugo Becker: Aus dem Leben des Waldschrat (From the Life of the Woodsprite)