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, October 4th - 6pm PT (early start!)

DAYS of AWE

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

• Louis Lewandowski: Kol Nidrei

• Naom Faingold: A Prayer for Those who Look Away

• Graciane Finzi: Crepuscule di Kol Nidre

• Iris Azquinezer: Bereshit

• Dan Reiter: Kaddish

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)

Tuesday, December 6th

LA FOLIA

4 sets of variations for solo cello on the famous ancient melody

• George Mertens

• Tanya Anisimova

• Michal Stahel

• Giovanni Sollima

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

Tuesday, September 6th: REVISTING THE BAROQUE

• John Webber: Suite #1

• Paul Brantley: Branle Coupé

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

IN-PERSON CONCERTS

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

• 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​

• 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 

• 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

• 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