Ben Swartz

Cello, Baroque cello, and viola da gamba

Boston, MA
22 Played at 22 groupmuses!

Ben Swartz

Cello, Baroque cello, and viola da gamba

About

www.benswartz.net

Music

Sonatas with harpsichord
Jacob Herman Klein – Eighteen Sonatas for Violoncello Solo (Book 3), Op. 1 (1716)
Giovanni Platti – 12 Cello Sonatas (1725)
Jean Barriere – Six Sonatas for Baroque Cello (Livre 1) (1733)
Willem de Fesch – Six Cello Sonatas, Op. 8 (1736)
Antonio Vivaldi – Six Cello Sonatas, Op. 17 (1740)
Francisco Geminiani – Six Sonatas for Cello and Basso Continuo, Op. 5 (1746)
Jacob Herman Klein – Six Sonatas for Violoncello Solo, Op. 4 (1746)
J.S. Bach – Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
- Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 (ca. 1740)
- Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (1753)
- Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 (1753)
Stefano Galeotti – Six Sonatas for Baroque Cello (1765)
Salvatore Lanzetti – Six Cello Sonatas, Op. 5 (no date)


Sonatas with piano
Giovani Sammartini [possibly by Martin Berteau?] – Sonata in G Major (mid-18th century)
François Francœr – Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in E Major, trans. Arnold Trowell (mid-18th century)
Luigi Boccherini
- Sonata No. 1 in A Major, G.4 (ca. 1780)
- Sonata No. 2 in C Major, G. 6 (ca. 1780)
- Sonata No. 5 in F Major, G. 1 (ca. 1780)
Rayner Taylor – Six Sonatas for Violoncello and Fortepiano (ca. 1790)
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1 (1796)
- Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 (1808)
- Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 (1815)
Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata for Piano and Violoncello No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58 (1843)
Frédéric Chopin – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (1846)
Johannes Brahms
- First Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38 (1862-65)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 (arr. cello in D Major by Julius Klengel) (1879)
- Second Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99 (1886)
Antonín Dvořák – Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100 (1893)
Léon Boëllmann – Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1897)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor (1915)
Gabriel Fauré – Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 (1917)
Samuel Barber – Cello Sonata, Op. 6 (1932)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (1934)
David Diamond – Violin Sonata No. 1 (arr. Swartz) (1943-46)
Sergey Prokofiev – Cello Sonata, Op. 119 (1949)


Shorter pieces with piano
Giovanni Pergolese – Tre giorni son che Nina (arr. Borch)
J.S. Bach – Arioso from Cantata No. 156 (arr. Merle J. Isaac)
J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod – Ave Maria based on Bach Prelude in C
Niccolò Paganini – “Moses” Variations on One String (1818)
Felix Mendelssohn – Song Without Words, Op. 109 (arr. for cello)
David Popper – Spinning Song, Op. 55 (no date)
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne de Chopin (arr. François Servais)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43 (1873)
Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (1881)
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan (1886)
Antonín Dvořák – Silent Woods (“Klid”), Op. 68, No. 5 (1883/93)
Gabriel Fauré
- Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (1878)
- Élégie, Op. 24 (1883)
- Sicilienne, Op. 78 (1898)
- Papillon, Op. 77 (1898)
Claude Debussy – Clair de Lune (1905)
Paul Juon – Cello Sonata, Op. 54, Movement II. Andantino (1912)
Maurice Ravel – Deux mélodies hébraïques, for voice & piano (or orchestra): No. 1, Kaddish (1914)
Manuel de Falla – Ritual Fire Dance and Dance of Terror, from “El amor brujo”
Heitor Villa-Lobos – O Canto do Cisne Negro (Song of the Black Swan) W122 (1916)
Ernest Bloch – Jewish Life Suite (1925)
Lukas Foss – Capriccio for Violoncello and Piano (1948)
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Nikolai Kapustin
- Elegy for Cello and Piano, Op. 96 (1999)
- Burlesque, Op. 97 (1999)
- Nearly Waltz, Op. 98 (1999)
Kevin Puts – Air for cello and piano (2004)


Solo cello
H.I.F. Biber – Passacaglia from Sonata XVI in G minor (arr. Swartz) (1674)
Giovanni Battista degli Antonii – 12 Ricercate, Op. 1 (1687)
- Ricercar III in F Major
- Ricercar X in G minor
Domenico Gabrielli – Sette Ricercari per violoncello (Seven Ricercares for Cello) (1689)
J.S. Bach – Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-12 (1717-1723)
Jean-Louis Duport – Études pour violoncello, Nos. 7 & 8 (1806)
Alfredo Piatti – 12 Caprices for Solo Cello, Op. 25 (1865)
David Popper – selections from High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73 (1901-05)
Zoltán Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 (1915)
Paul Hindemith – Cello Sonata, Op. 25 No. 3 (1922)
Gaspar Cassadó – Solo Suite (1926)
Alexander Tcherepnin – Suite for Cello Solo (1946)
Gyorgi Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Cello (1948-53)
Benjamin Britten – Cello Suites
- Solo Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 (1964)
- Solo Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80 (1967)
- Solo Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87 (1971)
Roger Sessions – Six Pieces for Cello Solo (1966)
Krzysztof Penderecki – Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968)
Christopher Rouse – Morpheus (1975)
Peter Sculthorpe – Requiem for Cello Alone (1979)
John Tavener – Thrinos (1990)
John Harbison – Suite for Solo Cello (1993)
Mark O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz (1993)
Meira W. Warshauer – In Memoriam September 11, 2001 (2001)
Ayala Asherov-Kalus – Yizkor (2002)

Electroacoustic works for cello
Carl Vine – Inner World for cello and pre-recorded tape (1994)
Jacob ter Veldhuis (“JacobTV”)
- May This Bliss Never End for Cello, Piano, and Recording (1996)
- TaTaTaTa for Cello and Ghettoblaster (1998)
Javier Alvarez – Le Repas du Serpent & Retour a la Raison for cello, pre-recorded tape, and projections (2002)
Steve Reich – Cello Counterpoint for cello and multi-track CD (2003)
Rama Gottfried – Fluorescence for solo violoncello, wave field synthesis, and high-order ambisonics (2012)
Tom Williams – Dart for solo cello, live electronics, fixed media, and delays (2012)

Audio

Past groupmuses (22)

  • Music at the B&B

    Saturday, Nov 2, 2019 6:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: South Medford, Medford
    • Composers: Bach
    • Instruments: Cello solo
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 5 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Music at the B&B

    Saturday, Jul 27, 2019 5:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: South Medford, Medford
    • Composers: Hume, Marais, Bach, Telemann
    • Instruments: Viola da gamba & Baroque violin
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Chamber Music with the Moons

    Saturday, Nov 3, 2018 3:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Arlington
    • Composers: Tobias Hume, J.S. Bach, Angelico Corelli
    • Instruments: Duo of Baroque violin and viola da gamba
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Couperin to Cage: Fenway GroupMuse

    Sunday, Jan 28, 2018 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Fenway/Kenmore, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 7 years ago

  • West Roxbury Baroque!

    Sunday, Jan 28, 2018 3:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: West Roxbury, Boston
    • Composers: Bach, Couperin
    • Instruments: baroque violin, baroque cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 7 years ago

  • American string quartets in JP

    Friday, Feb 24, 2017 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Pondside, JP
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • JP's Rhythm & Muse - 1st JP Community Circle Groupmuse (all welcome)

    Saturday, Nov 19, 2016 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Pondside, JP
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 8 years ago

  • Early Music at the Curry House (Baroque recorders, viola da gamba, harpsichord)

    Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Hills / Pond, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 8 years ago

  • Groupmuse!

    Saturday, Feb 20, 2016 9:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: North Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 9 years ago

  • Sound Energy comes to Curry House

    Friday, Oct 9, 2015 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Hills / Pond, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago

  • Early Music Groupmuse on Sunday, October 4

    Sunday, Oct 4, 2015 5:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago

  • WBUR On Tap Groupmuse!

    Thursday, Sep 17, 2015 5:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: North Brookline, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago

  • Arjun's first Groupmuse

    Friday, Sep 4, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Tufts, Somerville
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago

  • Summer nights at Brainerd Manor

    Thursday, Jul 16, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Allston, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 9 years ago

  • Groupmuse at the Gallery featuring Britten's Complete Cello Suites

    Friday, Jun 26, 2015 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Cambridgeport, Cambridge
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 9 years ago

  • Boozemuse at the Curry House

    Friday, May 8, 2015 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Hills / Pond, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 9 years ago

  • Bring on Spring!

    Saturday, Mar 21, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 9 years ago

  • Stone Ave Gets Classy

    Friday, Mar 20, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Prospect Hill, Somerville
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 9 years ago

  • Groupmuse at the IFH

    Saturday, Feb 21, 2015 8:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Back Bay West, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 10 years ago

  • Maya and Naju's bday party!

    Saturday, Jan 24, 2015 3:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Brighton, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 10 years ago