Repertoire + Media
Solo / Chamber / Orchestral
A versatile musician in many settings and styles, Nicolas always brings an organized and intuitive approach to his music making.
Repertoire includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Solo Cello
J.S. Bach - Cello Suites 1-6, BWV 1007-1012
Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 BWV 1004, arr. W. Icking
J.M.C. Dall’Abaco - 11 Caprices for solo cello, (1 and 3)
G. Cassadó - Suite for Cello
A. Piatti - 12 Caprices, Op. 25
Cello and Piano
L.v. Beethoven - Sonatas for Cello and Piano
No.1, Op. 5/1 in F Major
No. 2, Op. 5/2 in g minor
No. 3, Op. 69 in A Major
No. 4, Op. 102/1 in C Major
J. Brahms - Sonatas for Cello and Piano
No. 1 in e minor, Op 38
No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
Sonata in D Major, Op. 78, trans. P. Klengel
C. Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano
C. Franck - Sonata in A Major, trans. J. Delsart
S. Prokofiev - Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119
G. Fauré - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in g minor, Op. 117
Après un rêve, trans. P. Casals
Élégie, Op. 24
F. Mendelssohn - Sonata for Cello and Piano
No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
R. Schumann - Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70
Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
E. Bloch - Prayer, No. 1 from “Jewish Life”
F. Schubert - Sonata for Cello and Piano in a minor, “Arpeggione,” D. 821
“Ständchen,” No. 4 from Schwanengesang, D. 957
S. Rachmaninov - Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14, trans. L. Rose
F. Chopin - Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
Nocturne, Op. 9/2
P.I. Tchaikovsky -
“Seasons” Op. 37
No. 6, “June”
No. 10, “October”
Andante Cantabile in B Major,
from String Quartet No. 1, Op.11
J. Massenet - “Méditation” from the opera Thaïs
Cello and Orchestra
C. Saint-Saëns - Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33
E. Lalo - Concerto in d minor
F. J. Haydn - Cello Concerti
No. 1 in C Major Hob. VIIb/1
No. 2 in D Major Hob. VIIb/2
J. C. Bach (H. Cassedesus) - Concerto in c minor
C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto in a minor, Wq. 170
M. Bruch - Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
A. Dvorak - Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
R. Schumann - Concerto in a minor, Op. 129
D. Kabalevsky - Concerto No.1 in g minor, Op. 49
A. Glazunov - Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71
P.I. Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
E. Eglar - Concerto in e minor, Op. 85
D. Popper - Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Chamber Music
J. Turina - Piano Quartet in a minor, Op. 67
L.v. Beethoven -
Piano Trios:
No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 1/1
No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70/1 “Geist”
No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70/2
String Trios:
No. 3 in G Major, Op. 9/1
Quartets:
No. 9 in C Major “Rasumovsky”, Op. 59/3
Quintet for Strings in C Major, Op. 29 “Der Sturm”
Septet, Op. 20
D. Shostakovich -
String Quartets:
String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110
F. Schubert -
String Quintet in C Major Op. Posth. 163
R. Schumann -
Piano Trios:
No. 3 in g minor, Op. 110
Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 47
F. Mendelssohn -
String Quartets:
No. 2 in a minor, Op. 13
String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
P.I. Tchaikovsky -
String Quartets:
No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
J. Brahms -
Piano Quartets:
No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60
Quintets:
For Clarinet and Strings in b minor, Op. 115
Strings Sextets:
No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18
W.A. Mozart -
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, KV. 581
String Quintets:
No. 6 in E-flat, KV. 614
R. Fuchs -
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 102
A. Dvorak -
Sextet for Strings in A Major, Op. 48
Wind Serenade, Op. 44
String Quartets:
No. 12, Op. 96 “American”
J. Francaix -
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
E. Chausson -
Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 3
M. Ravel -
String Quartet in F
Orchestral Music
E. Grieg – Holberg Suite Op. 40
O. Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
C. Saint-Saëns – Le Carnival des Animaux
A.Vivaldi – d minor concerto for 2 violins and cello, L’estro Armonico Op.3, No. 11, Concerto for 4 Violins in b minor
F. Mendelssohn – Sinfonia No. 4 in c minor, Symphony No. 5 in d minor, “Reformation”, Op. 107
G. Rossini – String Sonata No. 3 in C Major
G. Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”, Symphony No. 5
R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, Don Quixote, Op. 35
D. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
G. Verdi – La Forza del Destino Overture
W.A. Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro Overture, KV 492, Overture to the Magic Flute, KV 620, Divertimento in D Major, KV 136
S. Barber – Violin Concerto, Op. 14, Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
R. Schumann – Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54
M. Ravel – La Valse, Rhapsodie Espagnol
P.I. Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, Symphony No. 6
A. Ginastera – Harp Concerto, Op. 25
J. Sibelius – Andante Festivo, Op. 117a, King Christian II Suite, Op. 27
E. Elgar – Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
J. Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73, Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98
A. Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
S. Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade in a minor, Op. 33
J.S. Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
L.v. Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, Overture to “Egmont”, Op. 84, Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, Leonora Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
M. Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
R. Wagner – Overture to “Tannhauser”, WWV 70, Overture to “Lohengrin”, WWV 75
A. Copland – Appalachian Spring
Operas, Oratorios, & Ballets
C.W. Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice
J.A. Hasse – Alcide al Bivio
G.P. Telemann – St. John Passion (1745)
G.F. Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
P.I. Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake, Op. 20
Feature in the Boston Globe
March 12, 2021
Video Produced by Shelby Lum
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents. ”
Shalin Liu Performance Center: Rockport, MA. 2019
Credit: H. Sachse
“Inhibition and pathology can be the source of insight: using inhibition and pathology creatively is the source of genius”
“A musician’s task is the sensualization of the spiritual as much as the spiritualization of the sensual.”
Original Artwork. 2014
Teachers, Mentors, & Masterclasses
Emmanuel Feldman
Zarina Irkaeva
Colin Carr (masterclass)
Irene Sharp
Ervin Klinkon
John Sant’Ambrogio
Jeness Johnson
Misha Bodnar
Musical Affiliations
Orchestral
Santa Barbara Music and Arts Conservatory
Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Belmont Festival Orchestra
Me2/ Orchestra for Mental Health
Chamber
California Summer Music
Maine Chamber Music Seminar
Independent Concerts in the Boston Area
Boston Music Institute
Boston Chamber Music Society Seminar
MIT Chamber Music Society
Operas, Oratorios, & Ballets
Harvard University
Harvard Early Music Society
Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra