marcolivia enjoys working with presenters to give entertaining and informative concerts. We present programs of regular recitals as well as theme concerts such as Eastern-European duos (including all 44 Bartok duos); French duos spanning 300 years, Israeli duos; music from America, Russia and Japan as well as all-Baroque or all-20th century programs. We also play the virtuoso works of Paganini and Wieniawski, arranged by us. Our programs often include discussion of the pieces performed and can also include question/answer sessions. marcolivia often performs with piano, for mixed programs of violin, viola and piano, two violins and piano or solo sonatas with piano.

1a) Eastern-European Folk Music: Eastern-European folk-inspired duos by Martinu, Bartok, Rosza and others. This folk concert may also include the prize-winning Israeli duo by Mordecai Seter with Klezmer themes and Israeli folk music.

b) French Duos: Music from France and Belgium from the Baroque era (the duos of Jacques Aubert and Jean-Marie Leclair) and the 19th and 20th Centuries (Eugene Ysaye virtuoso sonatas).

c) Virtuoso/Salon music: Light and entertaining repertoire such as the caprices by Wieniawski and Paganini (arranged by Marcolivia), Oh Them Rats Is Mean In My Kitchen and Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and viola. This program may also include Magic Flute Arias, Fuchs Duos and Jazz pieces (including tango, rag, blues, bossa nova etc).

d) Music Of The Dance: Duos including Baroque French dances, waltzes, polkas, landlers hopaks, through Hungarian folk dances, Latin tango and bossa nova.

e) Folk Music from different regions: includes Bartok duos, Rozsa Sonata (Eastern-European folk) , Jazz pieces (including tango, rag, bossa nova Ð folk of the Americas), Magic Flute (German folk music).

2) Mixed Programs: a wide variety of music spanning five centuries, including Classical works such as Mozart duos, Baroque duos (as mentioned above), Romantic works, music from nations such as Israel, America and Japan (Takemitsu Rocking Mirror Daybreak) followed by virtuoso party pieces. This may also include any combination of the above theme concert suggestions.

3) Marcolivia and Friends: with the addition of piano and/or cello, these programs include works for two violins and piano (Milhaud and Martinu amongst others); violin, viola and piano (Beethoven trios) and a variety of duos for violin/viola; two violins and violin/piano as well as string trios or piano quartets.

All programs include verbal descriptions of the repertoire to be performed.

Please note that the above themes are only suggestions. Concerts can include elements from a variety of the themes and need not adhere to any single theme.

Please see full repertoire listed below.

School shows and residencies are available.


MARCOLIVIA REPERTOIRE

Two Violins

Daniel Alcheh Etude
Yardena Alotin Duets
Aubert 3 Suites
Bach, J.C. 3 Duos
Bartok 44 Duos
Berio, L. Duets
Berwald Duo Concertant
Boccherini 6 Duets
De Beriot 3 Duo Concertantes
Benedikt Brydern Autobahn
Dukov Variations on a Birthday Theme
Elkjer Blues, Rags & Jazz duos
Artur Gelbrun Duo
Halvorsen Concerto Caprice on Norwegian Melodies
Hartke Oh Them Rats Is Mean In My Kitchen
Hindemith Canonic Variations
Honegger Sonatine
Lazar Duo for Violin and Viola
Leclair 6 Sonatas
Martinu Duo
Milhaud Duo
Milhaud Sonatine
Alexander Manievitch 13 Duets
John McDonald Notes In Parting
Rafael Mevorach Duets
Mozart Magic Flute Arias (arr. by Mozart)
Paganini Caprices No. 5, No.23 (arr. Hajioff)
Paganini 6 Preludes
Oedeon Partos Rondo
Prokofiev Sonata
Rozsa Sonata for two violins
Schnittke In Memoriam: Dmitri Shostakovitch
MOZ-ART
Seter A Due e a Tre III ~ 7 Duetti Virtuosi
Mordecai Seter Sonata
Verdina Shlonsky 2 Traditional Songs
Adam Silverman 11 Delaware Exits between Pennsylvania
and Pennsylvania
Takemitsu Rocking Mirror Daybreak
Trandafilovski Sonata
Wieniawski Caprices No. 2, No. 4
Randall Woolf Quicksilver
Ysaye Sonata in A minor

Violin and Viola Duos

P.D.Q.Bach Sonata for Viola 4 Hands & Harpsichord
W.F. Bach 3 Duets for 2 violas
Bridge Lament for 2 violas
Benedikt Brydern From My Notebook
Fuchs 12 Duets
Handel/Vermes Chaconne in G
Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia
Sarabande con Variazioni
Haydn, F.J. 6 Sonatas
Haydn, M. 4 Duos
Jakov Jakoulov Chant 1V
Kalliwoda Duets
Henri Lazarof Anida: Duo Concertante
Elena Roussanova Lucas Goya Caprichos
Robert Martin Along The River
Martinu 3 Madrigals
Duo
Mozart Duo in G Maj
Duo in Bb Maj
Arias from the Magic Flute (arr.Marcolivia)
Rolla Duo Concertant
Spohr Duo
Thurman Duo
Cestmir Vycpalek Duo
Weiner Duo
John Williams Duo Concertante
Randall Woolf Quicksilver

Double Concertos 2 Violins, Violin-Viola

Arnold Double Concerto ~ Two Violins
Bach Double Concerto ~ Two Violins
Benjamin Romantic Fantasy ~Violin and Viola
Britten Double Concerto ~Violin and Viola
Bruch Double Concerto ~Violin and Viola
Phillip Glass Echorus ~ Two Violins
Holst Double Concerto ~ Two Violins
Martinu Double Concerto ~ Two Violins
Mozart Concertone ~ Two Violins
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante ~ Violin and Viola
Arvo Part Tabula Rasa ~ Two Violins
Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons (shared performance)
Saint-Georges Symphonie Concertantes ~ Two Violins
Sarasate Navarra ~ Two Violins
Schnittke Concerto Grosso no.3 ~ Two Violins
Schnittke Moz-Art a la Haydn ~ Two Violins
Spohr 2 Concertantes ~ Two Violins
Stamitz Sinfonia Concertante~ Violin and Viola
Vivaldi A minor, D minor ~ Two Violins
Vivaldi Four Seasons (shared performance. Can also be combined with the Piazzolla Seasons.)
Ysaye Amitie ~ Two Violins

Two Violins and Piano

Beethoven Piano Trios (Viola replacing cello part)
Corelli 6 Sonatas
Dunhill Phantasy Trio
Handel Sonatas Op. 2, Op. 5
Martinu Sonatine
Martinu Sonata
Milhaud Sonata
Moskowski Suite
Purcell 6 Sonatas
Sarasate Navarra
Shostakovich 5 Pieces
Sinding Serenades