Cello Department Recital
Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.
Program
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
I. Allegro non troppo
Tatiana Byam, cello
Amy Chiu, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonata, Op. 123 No. 2
l. Maestoso, largamente
Ty Pfeiffer, cello
Amy Chiu, piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Xuanwen Shao, cello
Amy Chiu, piano
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 101 No. 2
II. Adagio
IV. Rondo (Allegro)
Misha Miropolskiy, cello
Shu Li, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes in D Major, Op. 17
Xiaoqing Xu, cello
Miles Graber, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata, Op. 19
III. Andante
Hung-Yu Lin, cello
Miles Graber, piano
- Intermission -
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102
I. Andante – Allegro vivace
Lekai Li, cello
Miles Graber, piano
S. Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E Minor, Op. 125
III. Andante con moto – Allegretto – Allegro marcato
Sophie Deng, cello
Miles Graber, piano
Richard Aaron
Jennifer Culp
Amos Yang
About SFCM’s Cello Department
Opportunity awaits you as a cellist at SFCM. Part of SFCM’s comprehensive strings program, the cello department has a studio of about 29 students, all honing their craft with the guidance of four dedicated faculty members. Students can perform with resident ensembles such as the Conservatory Orchestra and chamber groups from the baroque to the contemporary, as well as enter the annual String Concerto Competition.