10 PIECES That Taught me the Cello (easy to hard)

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

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[@marcosrossetti6450]

Im 19 and im going for The Swan, im also dedicating 100% of my life to cello next year, but i fell maybe im not that good after seing you were playing this at 11

[@felpin5511]

I was practicing the Haydn and the Saint Sans at the same time without knowing it was ideal. What a great coincidence!

[@hariprashanthsundaram704]

Same!

[@avwel3827]

The swan you played, wow, gorgeous!!😮😢

[@danielkammererkammerer7946]

Oh what a great cello! Sounds amazing. And of course a great cellist!

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙏🏻

[@FrankMeijering]

yes omg Bach suite 6 my beloved😍😍😍 I'm not good enough to play it but it's easily my favourite cello work ever to listen to

[@jakewatson668]

I was expecting Elgar no 1 lol. Dvorak cello concerto is one of my fav pieces ever

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

The reason why no Elgar, is because I never played it, can you believe that? 😅

[@jakewatson668]

@@IliaLaporevcellist i do find that difficult to believe! Although I've always thought Dvorak is better anyway...

[@montaine6361]

As a non professional, I would'nt say these pieces were crucial to me, but I've learned a lot about my own Cello playing and about Story Telling by Peter Sculthorpe's solo cello pieces and by György Ligety's "Dialogo". And, of course, by Bach Suites again and again. Recently, no. 4, especially the Sarabande. Can't wait practising the no 6 prelude seriously!

[@MandyH1972]

Great video. Thank you.

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

You are welcome!

[@Vince-wq8xr]

Excellent video, Reminds me of a few pieces my son and I have been learning for the last years when learning this wonderful instrument 🤗 the first ones of course

[@nickthechicken11]

Doing popper 6 at the moment!

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Love Popper 6! This is such an important etude!

[@darcyzhang4739]

same!

[@revolvermann79]

Still the hardest thing for me is Bréval Sonata in C major. Allegro, tact 29-30. 😂 Now I'm on Marcello Sonata in E minor the Allegro. I'd like to think, I'm getting better, but I'm not really sure about it😢

[@deisebarcellos]

Thank you! Great music and playing!

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@julietavida]

Always inspiring. Thanks for your music.❤

[@totorojoy]

Thank you for sharing the pieces! It surely brings back a lot of memories. And reminds me to stop lying on the couch and go practise🙌🏻

[@leticiapaz9959]

I'm studying the Allegro Appassionato and I have to agree... it really gets boring after some time hahah buts it's still a great piece!

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

lol! That makes the two of us! I thought I was alone!

[@nathanjiang100]

I'm learning the sarabande and gavotte i/ii from suite 6 right now and my gosh it is so hard to not make them sound like a crunchfest (the most annoying part for me of any sarabande is that it's still a dance). the ending of the prelude is surprisingly gnarly for bach as well. that's not even including musicality yet. a little surprised you put bach suite 6 ahead of dvorak but now that I think about it I can definitely see an argument. also had to comment the bowing for the sixteenth notes in the beginning of the dvorak, I do the 3 down 1 up for both groups but you've given me something to consider for the 2nd group playing it separately since it's potentially easier for bow distribution.

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Oh gosh, Sarabande and Gavottes are very hard but oh so rewarding when you dominate it! I put Bach as No. 1 because it is something immortal. I mean, Dvorak as well. But for me, Bach is a lifelong journey. Since I decided (back in 2020) to record the complete cello suites, magic started to happen in my life. It was not much of just practicing or drilling the cello (although it costed me sweat, tears and blood) but it was more of a reflection of life, of Bach, of music, of what my purpose is in this temporary life. It was like a turning point in my life. It made me more humble, honest, and serving. About the bowings on Dvorak: can you believe it I never managed to do properly 3 down 1 up? That’s why I chose the coward path and did the 2nd group separately, due of my incompetence! But it sounds still fine like that. So far, so good, no one complained! Loved your comment, thank you! Have a great weekend and toi toi for the masterworks you are learning now!

[@nathanjiang100]

​@@IliaLaporevcellist you would not believe how much practice went into those 2 bars lol. in terms of practice time and frustration it was probably up there with the sextuplets and the chromatic octaves which was always surprising to me but glad that I'm not alone. yeah I'd agree that it doesn't sound bad at all especially with a more fiery interpretation. as far as immortality goes dvorak is as far up there as concertos go but yeah it definitely doesn't come close to bach. I started on suite 3, learned a few movements of suite 2 for an audition (though the pandemic happened and I didn't have to use it in the end since I already had suite 3) and prelude from suite 1 frankly so I could play it upon request to those less into cello music. now I'm working on 5 and 6 and the contrast between the two couldn't be more apparent and I really love working on both at the same time. the eeriness of the suite 5 sarabande and contrast between prelude and tres viste is also very challenging. bach really does take you through all walks of life and I'm probably still too young to fully appreciate it. suite 4 to me always seemed to me to have the lowest "return on investment" so to speak in terms of the relative lack of resonance of e-flat major and awkward hand positions but I'll crack it someday.

[@mercedesfloresmilara865]

Genial! ❤

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Which piece was crucial to you? What changed your life?

[@conradmills4977]

Aubert Sonate Ancienne (2nd movement, specifically).

[@Cellowerkstatt]

Elgar Concerto 1st movement

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

@conradmills4977 I don’t this one! Will discover it!

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

@Cellowerkstatt Classic! 😃

[@ahimsaz]

The first piece I ever started was not the Prelude from the 1. Cello Suite, but the Menuet I and II. They thought me so much!

[@mismatmom]

Thank you. I geuss i need to master these to get invited to the party. Good to have goals.

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

To master or not, you are invited anyway! ;)

[@Cellowerkstatt]

superb 🎉 I love this video 😊

[@stevegebhart8388]

Bach #6 PRELUDE is a work that you can never perfect, let alone the rest of the suite. Probably should not even be attempted by less than an exceptional student. I worked on it for years and would not attempt to perform it due to intimidation. You're right, it is #1.

[@shaykavanagh3734]

I started cello very late in life and I am at about grade 6, but I am not able to play any faster pieces due to to arthritis and old age , I wish I had started playing much younger. Oh and I’m 70 😊

[@kamikan22]

I am with rokoko variations, wish me luck gentlecells

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Good luck my friend! 💯

[@AntonDeniz]

Oh man and I thought popper 1,2 and 3 was hell, now im scared.

[@rafaelgrosse2473]

Love your videos! Greetings from Brazil 👋

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Glad you like them! Não estou longe de você, estou morando no Brasil, em Vitória ES kkkk. Um abraço!

[@rafaelgrosse2473]

@@IliaLaporevcellist hahaha que legal! Voltei a estudar Cello depois de 20 anos, amo Cello, fico maratonando seus vídeos. Abraços

[@breannakelly-watt7968]

What are your thoughts on starting cello on a "silent" eletric cello?

[@reallyfastrunner5678]

working on the saint saens right now lol

[@stylecine]

What? Dvorak before the 6th Suite? DEBATABLE. I think I learned the most from popper 13. Still work in progress... One day I'll play through the entire thing without a single stop, and that will be the mark that my thumb is indeed strong.

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

I'm a self taught cellist at soon 1½ years now and maybe I should lower my expectations on the Bach Cello Suite VI - Prelude. It still sounds crap but lately I've noticed some major improvements and starting to get it flowing a bit instead of stuttering. My bowing is wrong and not following the sheet music at all but I get nowhere trying to follow it so I just gave up on that and going with my own flow and finding my own way and eventually I think I'll be closing in on the correct bowing. I only play till the thumb position starts, and I play the beginning just like that on many different pieces so I can have a variety of different styles to practise.

[@macgirl1965]

That is awesome!

[@Workingman-ww3lw]

I’m doing twinkle twinkle up right now! Still sounds like shit.

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

You got this! 💪🏻