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Benjamin Whitcomb’s Repertoire

For solo or chamber music recitals, any selection from Dr. Whitcomb's repertoire below will be approved. A request that is not on this list may be approved or declined, at Dr. Whitcomb's discretion.

Solo Cello

Concertos

Bach, C.P.E.:
Concerto in A Major

Beethoven:
Triple Concerto

Brahms:
Double Concerto

Boccherini:
Concerto in B-flat Major

Dvorak:
Concerto in B Minor

Elgar:
Concerto in E Minor

Haydn:
Concerto in C Major
Concerto in D Major

Ibert:
Concerto

Kabalevsky:
Concerto in D Minor

Lalo: Concerto

Martinu:
Concertino

Saint-Saëns:
Concerto in A Minor

Schumann:
Concerto in A Minor

Tchiakovsky:
Rococo Variations

Vivaldi:
Numerous concerti

Sonatas

Bach:
Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Barber: Sonata

Beethoven:
Sonata, Op. 69
Sonatas, Op. 102, Nos. 1 and 2
Sonatas, Op. 5, Nos. 1 and 2

Brahms:
Sonata in E Minor
Sonata in F Major

Debussy: Sonata

Franck: Sonata

Locatelli:
Sonata in D Major

Mendelssohn:
Sonata No. 1 in B-flat
Sonata No. 2 in D Major

Poulenc: Sonata

Prokofiev: Sonata, Op. 119

Rachmaninoff: Sonata

Schubert:
"Arpeggione" Sonata

Shostakovich:
Sonata in D Minor

Strauss, R.:
Sonata in F Major

Stravinsky:
Suite Italienne

Unaccompanied Works

Bach, J. S.:
Suites Nos. 1–6

Britten:
Suite No. 1

Gabrieli:
Ricercare Nos. 1–7

Graziani:
Cappriccio

Hindemith:
Sonata

Prokofiev:
Sonata, Op. 134

Reger:
Suites Nos. 1-3

Variations

Beethoven:
12 Variations on Judas Maccabeus
12 Variations from The Magic Flute
7 Variations from The Magic Flute

Mendelssohn:
Variations Concertantes

Paganini:
Variations on a Theme by Rossini

Resphighi:
Adagio con Variazioni

Miscellaneous

deFalla:
Suite Populaire Espagnol

Dvorak:
Silent Woods
Rondo

Ginastera:
Pampeana No. 2

Mendelssohn:
Song Without Words

Popper:
Elven Dance
Gavotte in D Major
Hungarian Rhapsody
Papillon
Spanish Song
Spinning Song
Tarantella
Vito

Rimsky-Korsakov:
Flight of the Bumblebee

Saint-Saens:
Allegro Appassionato
The Swan

Schumann:
Fantasy Pieces
Five Pieces in Folk Style

Tchaikovsky:
Pezzo Capriccioso

Chamber Music

Quartets

Barber:
String Quartet Op. 11

Beethoven:
String Quartet in D, Op. 18, Nos. 1-6
String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3
String Quartet in E-flat (Harp), Op. 74
String Quartet in F, Op. 135

Borodin:
String Quartet No. 2 in D

Brahms:
String Quartet, Op. 51, No. 2

Chadwick:
String Quartet No. 2

Farina:
Capriccio stravagante

Foote:
String Quartet No. 2

Haydn:
String Quartet in C (Bird), Op. 33, No. 3
String Quartet in E-flat (Joke), Op. 33, No. 2
String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 1

Mendelssohn:
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 12
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44, No. 2

Mozart:
String Quartet in B-flat (Hunt)
String Quartet in D (Hoffmeister)
String Quartet in D Minor

Ravel:
String Quartet

Schickele:
Viola Dreams

Schubert:
Quartettsatz in C

Shostakovich:
String Quartet No. 8
String Quartet No. 10

Vaughan Williams:

String Quartet No. 1

Quintets

Diamond:
Clarinet Quintet, III

Dvorak
String Quintet in G, Op. 77

Mozart:
String Quintet in D, K593

Schubert:
Piano Quintet (Trout), D. 667

Trios

Beethoven:
Piano Trio in G, Op.1, No. 2
Piano Trio in D (Ghost), Op. 70, No. 1
Trio in B-flat, Op. 11
Trio in E-flat, Op. 38
Trio in C, Op. 87

Brahms:
Trio in A Minor, Op. 114

Dvorak:
Dumky Trio, Op. 90

Haydn:
Trio No. 28 in D
Trio in D, Hob. 15:16

Hummel:
Adagio, Variations, and Rondo, Op. 78

Martinu:
Flute Trio

Mendelssohn:
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor,  Op. 49
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

Mozart:
Piano Trio in C, K. 548

Muczynski:
Clarinet Trio, Op. 26

Ries:
Flute Trio, Op. 63

Schubert:
Nocturne in E-flat for Piano Trio, Op. 148
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 99
Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 100, I and II
Triosatz in B-flat

Shostakovich:
Piano Trio

Weber:
Flute Trio in G Minor, Op. 63

Zemlinsky:
Clarinet Trio in D Minor, Op. 3

Miscellaneous

Barrière:
Sonata in G for Two Cellos

Beethoven:
Duet in E-flat “With Two Eyeglasses Obbligato”
Serenade in D, Op. 8

Casella:
Sinfonia, Op. 53

Chardon:
Duo for Trumpet and Cello

Copland:
Quiet City

Dvorak:
Serenade, Op. 44

Gabrieli:
Canon for Two Cellos

Haydn (attrib.):
Duett in D

Haydn, M.:
Divertimento in C

Kodaly:
Duo for Violin and Cello

Poulenc:
Le bal masqué

Rossini:
Duetto in D

Roussel:
Trio, Op. 40