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Saturday, 24 January 2015

The Vancouver Cello Quartet
Lee Duckles, Olivia Blander, Cristian Markos, Brian Yoon


It is not often that we get the chance to hear a quartet of cellists. Retired VSO principal cellist Lee Duckles got together with three of his colleagues for this musical treat.
  • Gioachino Rossini         Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Moore)   
  • Tomaso Albinoni           Adagio (arr. Thomas-Mifune)
  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen     Konzertwalzer (Op.31)       
  • Arvo Part                        Fratres (1982)
  • Claude Debussy              Sarabande (arr. Varga)
  • David Popper                  Polonaise de Concert (Op.14)
  • Antonio Vivaldi              Concerto Grosso (Op. 3, No. 11)  (arr. Varga)
  • Maurice Ravel                Pavane (arr. Birtel)
  • Carlos Gardel                  Por una cabeza (arr. Johnstone)
  • Astor Piazzolla                Oblivion (arr. Drabkin)
  • Astor Piazzolla                Muerta del Angel (arr. Colon)
  • John Phillip Sousa           Washington Post March (arr. Moore)