This is my "Ode to the Cello....".I have been a cellist for the past 20+ years. I started playing stringed instruments in elementary school. I started on the violin, but later switched to the cello. It was the best decision I ever made. Since then, I have fallen in love with the instrument and its sound. The cello is my favorite among the strings because of it's wide range. It can play low like a bass or almost as high as a violin. It is a very diverse instrument, the only one even comparable to the human voice.
Just in case you might be wondering, I do own my own cello. The cello pictured below is the instrument I played during my high school career, but is not mine. I currently own an Enesco cello, made in Romania.
My cello has been with me since my sophomore year of high school. I have been through many rough times in my life, and when everything seems like it's about to fall apart, I turn to my cello. I pick it up, dust it off, rosin up the bow, and begin to play. As soon as the music starts, everything else fades away, and all is right with my world again. My instrument and I have a special bond -- I've had it for 15+ years now, and have no intention of parting with it.
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Cello Repetoire, Selected Syllabus
Twelve Variations in F Major on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflote, Op. 66
Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Encore: "Liebesfreude" by Fritz Kreisler, originally written for violin.
I gave my senior cello recital on April 26th, 1998. It was held at 7:30pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, on the campus of Iowa State University. The program consisted of the following:
Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 by Nikolai Miaskovsky
Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010 by Johann Sebastian Bach