ISG Publications Sheet Music for Cello Chamber Solo Pedagogy

Daniel Gall - The William Blake Collection. Six Songs for Violoncello and Soprano. (2000) Beautifully lyrical settings of the poetry of William Blake by an inspired composer, in an unusual combination. Wonderful repertory for both. 2 scores.

Daniel Gall - The William Blake Collection

for soprano and cello
$15

Aleksandr Borodin and Patrick Neher - Grand Trio in G Major for two violins and cello (or contrabass). Borodin's two-movement trio has been completed by Patrick Neher. Two exciting movements complete the obscure but highly lyrical composition. Violinists and cellists as well as virtuoso bassists have enthusiastically welcomed the piece into the trio repertory. Overall, about 25 minutes of music that is exciting to listen to as well as to play! Printed on archival paper: a large readable score and performance ready parts. Also available with parts in PDF for tablets (score not available as PDF). Cello part is edited by Lloyd Smith, formerly with the Philadelphia Orchestra. A contrabass part, seperately edited, as substitute for cello is also available.

A. Borodin and P. Neher
Grand Trio in G major

for two violins and cello
$48

Kari Henrik Juusela - Apollo and Daphne for cello solo (1987); apx 5 min. quick harmonics, double stops, glissandi, dance-like, very idiomatic writing for the cello.

Kari Juusela - Apollo and Daphne

for cello solo
(Apollo and Daphne preview)
$8

Kari Henrik Juusela - Fado, for two cellos. Based on the Portuguese "fado" music. Mystical, rhythmic, lyrical, modern romantic sounds. Equal challenge to both parts. Very popular piece! Second Edition

Kari Juusela - Fado

for 2 cellos
(Fado preview)
Second Edition $12

Kari Henrik Juusela - Dream Forests for violin, cello, and piano (2001); apx 12min. exhuberant, flashy playing with lyrical tunes and speedy contrapuntal accompaniments.

Kari Juusela - Dream Forests

for violin, cello, and piano
$24

Kari Juusela - Chasing Karma for violin and cello (2000); apx 10min. quick and dancy, wonderful writing for the two instruments, challenging, exhuberant, full range and full expression.

Kari Juusela - Chasing Karma

for violin and cello
(Chasing Karma preview)
$12

Jeff McAuley - Three Short Pieces for Solo Cello (2002/7). 12 minutes of lyrical and folksy playing, reflecting on Turkish and jazz idioms

Jeff McAuley - Three Short Pieces

for solo cello
$10
Electronic: PDF to email - $8

Patrick Neher - For Michele, a duet for cello and double bass (1987); a beautiful, lyrical duo, apx. 6 minutes

Patrick Neher - For Michele

duet for cello and double bass
$8

Patrick Neher - Triesti Suite for cello and piano (1985-88); a very lyrical, thick harmonied, four-mvt. dance suite, apx. 20 minutes

Patrick Neher - Triesti Suite

for cello and piano
Second Edition (2021)
$27

Patrick Neher - Quintet no.1 for Strings (1986/87) 2vln, vla, vc, db; virtuosic, polytonal, contrapuntal, 4 mvts., apx. 25 minutes (newly edited and reprinted). Prize winning composition.

Patrick Neher - Quintet no.1

for 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
$33

Patrick Neher - A Chandelier for cello & chamber orchestra (1989); SOLO CELLO PART, STUDY SCORE, ORCHESTRA PARTS and PERFORMANCE SCORE. Premiered by the Tucson Symphony and Carlene Stober, this one movement concerto is in three parts, going "back in time" from contemporary to Renaissance sounds. Apx. 15 minutes. Purchase includes Mech. License for performance recording (once)

Patrick Neher - A Chandelier

for cello, and chamber orch. SOLO, STUDY SCORE, PARTS, PERF.SCORE
$125

Donald Wheelock - Sonata for Cello and Piano (1995). Beautifully lyrical and dancy, of moderate challenge yet sounds virtuosic. In four mvts., about 24 minutes. A wonderful repertory addition!

Donald Wheelock - Sonata

for cello and piano
(Sonata preview)
$26

Haskell Small - Suite for Solo Cello (1978). Beautifully lyrical yet virtuosic writing, very idiomatic for the cello in five mvts.

Haskell Small - Suite

for solo cello
(Suite preview)
$11

Patrick Neher - Romance for Cello (or contrabass) and Small Orchestra (2017). Cello part, Study Score, Demo CD included. This 7 minute work is not a difficult piece and is orchestrated for one of each wind, small string sections, and two percussion.

P Neher - Romance for Cello

Edited cello part, study score, demo CD
$20
See Symphonic tab for purchase/rental of orchestra materials

Patrick Neher - She Walks Along the Cliff Edge (2018) for two cellos and piano; Music originally for film scene.

Patrick Neher - She Walks Along the Cliff Edge

for two cellos and piano
$15

Donald Wheelock - Soliloquy for Solo Cello. A lovely contemporary solo written for Matt Haimovitz in 2004 (appx. 5 minutes). This beautifully printed new edition is also available in PDF.

Donald Wheelock - Soliloquy for Solo Cello

Solo Cello
$11

Donald Wheelock - String Trio (vn, vla, vc). A "must have" repertory piece for all professional trios (appx. 24 minutes). Composed in 2003 and revised in 2019, Wheelock's String Trio is first in ISG Publications new series dedicated to advancing the chamber music roles of cellists (Continually Advancing Music Series). This gorgeous and contemporary music is lyrical with penty of Beethoven-like counterpoint.
Audio Examples, with Forester Trio performing: mvt.1, mvt.2, mvt.3,
mvt.4, mvt.5
The parts are also available in PDF.

Donald Wheelock - String Trio for violin, viola, cello

Full-sized Score and Parts
$36

Jean Ahn - Froggy, Froggy for Piano Trio. A wonderful new addition to the piano trio repertory and the second in our Continually Advancing Music Series. Composed in 2009, in this piano trio form: 2013. Ahn's Froggy, Froggy takes Korean folk lore and adapts it for trio. The edition is beautifully printed with intelligent concert-oriented page turns. (Froggy, Froggy preview in duo form, not the exact same composition)
Also available in PDF

Jean Ahn - Froggy, Froggy for Piano Trio (2013)

Full-sized Score and Parts
$28

Michele Bernabei - Affinita Ferrose for piano trio. This is a short, dynamic, energetic, and very contemporary sounding encore work. It is intended to be performed at the end of of piano trio concert, as an encore or final piece to produce a dramatic ending to the performance. The work is the third in our Continually Advancing Music series. Also available in PDF

Michele Bernabei - Affinita Ferrose for Piano Trio (2019)

Full-sized Piano Score and Parts
$18

Randall Snyder - Forest Paths for Piano Trio (2018); Score and Parts. This new composition in ISG Publication's exclusive Continually Advancing Music series, is not too long but is very lyrical, with Japanese influences.

Randall Snyder - Forest Paths

for violin, cello, piano
$24

Richard Heller - Statement for String Trio (1977); Score and Parts. The fifth composition in ISG Publication's exclusive Continually Advancing Music series, is an "older" work by the well-established composer, Richard Heller (Austrian living in Germany). This short but very detailed and mostly atonal work explores many colors and ranges, and provides a focused solo for the viola. Duration c. 04:35.

Richard Heller - Statement

for violin,viola, cello
$18

Patrick Neher - Treehouse Aria (2003), for viola, cello, and piano; lyrical, for beginning to intermediate players, starts with viola solo, apx 3 minutes

Patrick Neher - Treehouse Aria

for viola, cello and piano
$10.00
Also available in PDF for tablets

Neher-AgroDolces (2023) trio for violin, cello, piano

Patrick Neher - AgroDolces (2023) piano trio for violin, cello, and piano. Overall, about 18 minutes of exciting, dancy and rhythmic music that exlores the sweet and sour of musical expression. Printed on archival paper: a large readable score and performance ready parts. Also available with parts in PDF for tablets. Written for Nancy Bean, formerly Assist. Concertmaster of Philadelphia Orchestra, and Lloyd Smith, cellist, also formerly with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Neher - AgroDolces for piano trio (2023)

for violin, cello, and piano
$45

Patrick Neher - The Hours for Flute and Cello (2022). Written for Nancy Laupheimer and Sally Guenther. A lyrical but polytonal expression and reflection on music and life during and following the Covid Pandemic. Entire range of both instruments is explored. For professional level performers. Also available in PDF

Patrick Neher -The Hours

for flute and cello
$15

Also see: cello in other ensembles (mixed ensembles, orchestral, etc)