Rohan de Saram
Programming Suggestions



Programming Suggestions:
Rohan de Saram, Cello
Program 1
Solo Cello

Rohan de Saram (cello)
Paul Hindemith Sonata
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan)
Iannis Xenakis Kottos
Zoltan Kodaly Sonata op. 8
Program 2
Solo Cello
Composers from the East
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Param Vir Flame
Akira Nishimura Threnody
Toshiro Mayuzumi Bunraku
Ysang Yun Glissées
Naresh Sohal Monody
Ton That Tiet Bois Terre
Younghi Pagh-Paan Aa-Ga I
Program 3
Solo Cello

Rohan de Saram (cello)
JS Bach Suite no. 2 (solo cello)
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Zoltan Kodaly Sonata op. 8 (solo cello)
Program 4
Solo Cello

Rohan de Saram (cello)
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
JS Bach Suite no. 6 (solo cello)
Henri Pousseur Paganiana I & II (solo cello)
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Hilda Paredes Zuhuy Kak (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Salvatore Sciarrino Ai Limiti Della Notte (solo cello)
Pietro Locatelli Il Labirinto Armonico (transcription for cello by Rohan de Saram) (solo cello)
Program 5
Cello & Percussion
East meets West
Rohan de Saram (cello)
NN, tampura
Piyassara Shilpadhipathi (percussion)
Hilda Paredes Zuhuy Kak (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Traditional Kandyan drum solo or tabla solo or improvisation percussion/cello
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
John Mayer Six Ragamalas for cello and tampura (written for Rohan & John Mayer)
Program 6
Duo de Saram - Sukarlan

Ananda Sukarlan (piano)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Jack Body Nocturne (cello with piano)
Tom Butler Morph (ECAT commission written for Rohan and Ananda Sukarlan) (cello with piano)
Polo Vallejo Relatos (ECAT commission written for Rohan and Ananda Sukarlan) (cello with piano)
Barry Conyngham Cathedral (cello with piano)
Hao - Fu Zhang Crepuscule (cello with piano)
Trisutji Kamal Nuzulul Qur'an, for piano solo
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Matthew Hindson Jungle Fever (cello with piano)
Program 7
Violin & Cello

Rohan de Saram (cello)
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
Luciano Berio Sequenza VIII for solo violin
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Iannis Xenakis Mikka and Mikka S for violin
Iannis Xenakis Kottos (solo cello)
Zoltan Kodaly Duo for violin and cello
Nikos Skalkottas Four Duos for violin and cello
Ernst Schulhof Duo for violin and cello
Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and cello
Maurice Ravel Sonata for violin and cello
Program 8
Viola & Cello

Garth Knox (viola)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
Mathias Pintscher Janusgesicht for viola and cello
Witold Lutoslawski Bucolics for viola and cello
Paul Hindemith Duet for viola and cello
Giacinto Scelsi Elegia per Ty for viola and cello
Garth Knox Malor me bat for viola d'amore and cello
Gyorgy Ligeti Sonata per viola (1991-1994)
Luciano Berio Sequenza IV for solo viola
Garth Knox Viola Spaces
Iannis Xenakis Embellie for viola
Zoltan Kodaly Sonata op. 8 (solo cello)
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Iannis Xenakis Kottos (solo cello)
Program 9
Trio

Marc Sabat (violin)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Aki Takahashi (piano)
Morton Feldman Trio for piano, violin and cello
Program 10
Cello & Guitar

Jonathan Leathwood (guitar)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
Benjamin Britten Nocturnal for guitar
Luciano Berio Sequenza XI for guitar
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Elliott Carter Shard for guitar
Elliott Carter Figment I & II (solo cello)
Dusan Bogdanovic Quatre Pieces Intimes
Stephen Goss Park of Idols (New Work)
Gilbert Biberian Folklore III
Stephen Dodgson Duo for cello and guitar(written for Rohan & John Williams)
Radamés Gnattali Sonata
Program 11
Composers from Scandinavia

Rohan de Saram (cello)
NN, piano
Jean Sibelius Malinconia op. 20 (cello with piano)
Magnus Lindberg Stoke (solo cello)
Per Norgard Solo Intimo (solo cello)
Per Norgard Soli in Scena (solo cello)
Kaija Saariaho Sept Papillons (solo cello)
Edvard Grieg Sonata (cello with piano)
Program 12
Composers from England

Rohan de Saram (cello)
Frank Bridge Sonata (cello with piano)
James Dillon From: The Book Of Elements for piano
James Dillon Parjanya Vata (solo cello)
Giles Swayne Four Lyrical Pieces (cello with piano)
Jonathan Harvey Curve with Plateaux (solo cello)
Benjamin Britten Sonata in C op. 65 (cello with piano)
Program 13
Composers from Russia

Rohan de Saram (cello)
NN, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata in D minor op. 40 (cello with piano)
Galina Ustvolskaya Grand Duo (cello with piano)
Alfred Schnittke Sonata II (cello with piano)
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata (cello with piano)
Program 14
Elliott Carter

Rohan de Saram (cello)
NN, piano
Robert Schumann Funf Stucke im Volkston op. 102 (cello with piano)
Elliott Carter Sonata (cello with piano)
Elliott Carter Figment I & II (solo cello)
Richard Strauss Sonata op. 6 (cello with piano)
Program 15
Composers from France

Rohan de Saram (cello)
NN, piano
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
Gabriel Fauré Sonata no. 2 in G minor (cello with piano)
Claude Debussy Sonata (cello with piano)
Henri Dutilleux Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (solo cello)
Francis Poulenc Sonata (cello with piano)
Program 16
THE INNOVATIVE MUSIC MEETING

Rajesh Mehta (trumpets)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Trichy Sankaran (percussion)
 The INNOVATIVE MUSIC MEETING, an improvisation project created by Rajesh Mehta, is based on improvised music, contemporary composed music, and Carnatic (south Indian) music. It demonstrates the creative musical possibiliities of harnessing the collective creative energies that the musicains bring from their respective musical traditions and experiences in order to generate new musical forms and vocabularies, and, ultimately, towards evolving new musical 'languages'. This continuing project aims also to demonstrate that there are deeper strategies for dealing with the innovative aspects of various musical genres, whether 'traditional' or 'contemporary', strategies which take seriously the different strengths and artistic implications of each without resorting to exoticism, elitism or fusion.
Program 17
Duo de Saram - Scodanibbio

Rohan de Saram (cello)
Stefano Scodanibbio (double bass)
 Program to be chosen from the following repertoire:
Alfred Schnittke Hymnus II
Giacinto Scelsi Et maintenant c'est à vous de jouer
Julio Estrada Yuunohui'nahui'yey
Stefano Scodanibbio Western Lands (written for the composer & Rohan)
Mauricio Sotelo Memoriae
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV (written for Rohan) (solo cello)
Stefano Scodanibbio Berio - Sequenza XIV adapted for double bass
Iannis Xenakis Roscobeck for cello and double bass (written for Rohan & Stefano Scodanibbio)
Program 18
de Saram/Frith

Rohan de Saram (cello)
Luigi Boccherini Sonata no. 6 in A (cello with piano)
Franz Schubert Sonata (Arpeggione) (cello with piano)
Claude Debussy Sonata (cello with piano)
Felix Mendelssohn Sonata no. 1 in Bb (cello with piano)