Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7 (1914)                                                                            Zoltan Kodály (1882-1967)
                Allegro serioso, non troppo
                Adagio
                Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento – Presto

Curt Thompson, violin
Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello

Reflection, for solo cello and seven celli                                                                              Samuel Zyman (b. 1956)             Dedicated to Jesús Castro-Balbi

Jesús Castro-Balbi, solo cello
Kristen Blair, Andres Jaime Tobon, Christopher Phillpott, Taide Prieto, Pablo Reyes Solis, Belinda Viesca, Bo Hang, celli

Notturno                                                                                                         Enrico Mainardi (1897-1976)

TCU Cello Ensemble:
Kristen Blair, Bryce Gammill, Ignacy Grzelazka, Andres Jaime Tobon, Julia Lee, Zapryanka Mladenova, Jamie Moore, Christopher Phillpott, Taide Prieto, Pablo Reyes Solis, Cynthia Spurgat, Belinda Viesca, Bo Hang

- Intermission -

Nocturne (1888)                                                                              Pyotr Iyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893)

Desafio II,                                                                                                                       Marlos Nobre (b. 1939)
Op. 31 No. 2bis (1968) for solo cello and string orchestra                         
I.Cadenza: Calmo e rubato
II.Desafio: Vivo-Lento–Tempo-Vivo

Oblivion                                                                                                              Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Jesús Castro-Balbi, solo cello
TCU String Orchestra, Germán Gutiérrez, Conductor