Solo & Chamber Music

Performances

by Verity Scheel + friends

(links are underlined)

Fall 2021 Music Alive! Music at the Threshold at Bard Conservatory

9 December 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

ontology of an echo (2013) by Paula Matthusen

Colin Roshak, conductor

Keyu Tao, clarinet & Sindy Yang, piano

Matthew Overbay, percussion & Matt Sargent, guitar

Verity Scheel, cello & Michael Knox, double bass

Fall 2021 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

11 December 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I.        Allegro

II.        Andante

III.        Rondo (Allegro)

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2021 Baroque Ensemble Concert: Handel Aria Project

21 November 2021, Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 by J.S. Bach

I.        [Allegro]

II.        Andante

III.        Allegro assai

Cantata 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben by J.S. Bach

I.        Chorus: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

II.        Recitative (tenor): Gebenedeiter Mund!

III.        Aria (alto): Schäme dich, o Seele nicht

IV.        Recitative (bass): Verstockung kann Gewaltige verblenden

V.        Aria (soprano): Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn

VI.        Chorus: Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe

VII.        Aria (tenor): Hilf, Jesu, hilf, daß ich auch dich bekenne

IIX.        Recitative (alto): Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand

IX.        Aria (bass): Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen

X.        Chorus: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

“Violincello [sīc.]”: A neuroqueer coming-out narrative recital

16 October 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 by J.S. Bach

I.        Prelude

II.        Allemande

III.        Courante

IV.        Sarabande

V.        Gavottes I & II

VI.        Gigue

Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach

I.        Allemanda

II.        Corrente

III.        Sarabanda

IV.        Giga

V.        Ciaconna

Verity James Scheel, cello

2021 ENCORE Chamber Music Festival, “Fire”

25 June 2021, Dodero Center for Performing Arts of Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, OH

String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D 804, “Rosamunde” by Franz Schubert

I.        Allegro ma non troppo

II.        Andante

III.        Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

IV.        Allegro moderato

Axa String Quartet

Sofia Asasi & Maggie King, violins

Jasper de Boor, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Chuanyuan Liu: The Unattainable

23 May 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Dover Beach by Samuel Barber

Chuanyuan Liu, countertenor

Anna Hallett Gutierrez & Sarina Schwartz, violins

Mercer Greenwald, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Javen Lara: Senior Recital

16 May 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Pizziquitiplás by Paul Desenne

Javen Lara, viola

Lily Moerschel & Verity Scheel, cellos

Spring 2021 Baroque Ensemble Concert: Handel Aria Project

14 May 2021, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Excerpts from Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi, HWV 19 by George Frideric Handel

Excerpts from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 by George Frideric Handel

Spring 2021 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

25 April 2021, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Piano Quartet, H.287 by Bohuslav Martinů

I.        Poco Allegro

II.        Adagio

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2020 Baroque Ensemble Concert

5 December 2020, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

L’Apothéose de Lulli by François Couperin

I.        Lulli aux Champs-Élisés, concertant avec les Ombres liriques

II.        Air pour les Mêmes

III.        Vol de Mercure aux Champs-Élisés, pour averter qu’Apollon y va descendre

VII.        Enlèvement de Lulli au Parnasse

Concertino per Camera à Violino e Violoncello, Op. 4, No. 2 by Giuseppe Torelli

I.        Introduzione: Grave

II.        Ballo

III.        Corrente

Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts, Troisième Concert by Jean-Philippe Rameau

I.        La La Poplinière

II.        La Timide – Rondeau gracieux

III.        Tambourins I & II

2020 Last Chance Chamber Music

23 November 2020, Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Free and So Thankful (2018) by Sato Matsui

With sincere gratitude: “Water”, “Oxygen, food, and health”

Shaunessy Renker & Sarina Schwartz, violins

Mercer Greenwald, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 by Johannes Brahms

I.        Allegro non troppo

II.        Scherzo: Allegro

III.        Andante

IV.        Finale: Allegro comodo

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2020 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

1 November 2020, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 by Ludwig van Beethoven

III.        “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart.” (Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity, in the Lydian mode.) Molto adagio – Andante

Shaunessy Renker & Sarina Schwartz, violins

Mercer Greenwald, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 by Johannes Brahms

III.        Andante

IV.        Finale: Allegro comodo

This performance was dedicated to Luis Garcia-Renart (1936-2020)

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2020 Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Concert

24 October 2020, Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8 Nos. 1–4 by Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” (La primavera)

I.        Allegro

II.        Largo e pianissimo sempre

III.        Allegro pastorale

Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer” (L’estate)

I.        Allegro non molto

II.        Adagio e piano – Presto e forte

III.        Presto

Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn” (L’autunno)

I.        Allegro

II.        Adagio molto

III.        Allegro

Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter” (L’inverno)

I.        Allegro non molto

II.        Largo

III.        Allegro

Adele Anthony & Gil Shaham, violin soloists

Bard Conservatory Orchestra

Renée Louprette & Verity Scheel, continuo

Fall 2019 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

14 December 2019, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131 by Ludwig van Beethoven

I.        Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

II.        Allegro molto vivace

III.        Allegro moderato - Adagio

IV.        Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Più mosso - Andante moderato e lusinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice - Allegretto

Yiran Yao & Laura Pérez Rangel, violins

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

The Friends of Chamber Music of Reading

22 November 2019, The WCR Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

Piano Trio No. 1, H. 193, “Cinq Pièces Brèves” by Bohuslav Martinů

I.        Allegro moderato

II.        Adagio

III.        Allegro

IV.        Allegro moderato

V.        Allegro con brio

Phantasie for Piano Quartet in F♯ minor by Frank Bridge

Allegro vivace - L’istesso tempo - Tempo dell’introduzione - Pochettino allargando - Tranquillo

Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 by Bedřich Smetana

I.        Moderato assai - Più animato

II.        Allegro, ma non agitato

III.        Finale: Presto

Yichun Helen Wu, piano & Zongheng Zhang, violin

Marka Gustavsson, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2019 Bard Baroque Ensemble Concert

17 November 2019, Bard Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

23 November 2019, Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Kingston, NY

Cantata 198 Trauer-Ode: auf den Tod der Königin Christiane Eberhardine by J.S. Bach

        Part I

I.        Chorus: Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl

II.        Recitative (soprano): Dein Sachsen, dein bestürztes Meißen

III.        Aria (soprano): Verstummt, verstummt, ihr holden Saiten!

IV.        Recitative (alto): Der Glocken bebendes Getön

V.        Aria (alto): Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt!

VI.        Recitative (tenor): Ihr Leben ließ die Kunst zu sterben

VII.        Chorus: An dir, du Fürbild großer Frauen

        Part II

IIX.        Aria (tenor): Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus

IX.        Recitative (bass): Was Wunder ists? Du bist es wert

X.        Chorus: Doch, Königin! du stirbest nicht

Selections from Alcyone by Marin Marais

2019 ENCORE Chamber Music Festival, “La Bohème”

23 June 2019, Tudor House of Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, OH

String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major, Op. 105, B. 193 by Antonín Dvořák

I.        Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro appassionato

II.        Molto vivace

III.        Lento e molto cantabile

IV.        Allegro non tanto

Agora String Quartet

Sam Parrini & Satoka Abo, violins

Jack McKay, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Spring 2019 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

28 April 2019, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 by Gabriel Fauré

I.        Allegro molto moderato

III.        Adagio

IV.        Allegro molto

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I.        Allegro

II.        Adagio

III.        Rondo: Allegro

Rob Clower, oboe & Sophie Anderson, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

Fall 2018 Chamber Music Marathon at Bard Conservatory

9 December 2020, Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Forellenquintett “Trout Quintet” in A Major D. 667 by Franz Schubert

I.        Allegro vivace

II.        Andante

III.        Scherzo: Presto

IV.        Andantino - Allegretto

V.        Allegro giusto

Ivy Wu, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Mercer Greenwald, viola & Michael Knox, bass & Verity Scheel, cello

Piano Quartet Op. 47 by Robert Schumann

I.        Sostenuto assai — Allegro ma non troppo

II.        Scherzo. Molto vivace

III.        Andante cantabile

IV.        Finale: Vivace

Francis Huang, piano & Shaunessy Renker, violin

Jonathan Eng, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2018 Stringwood Final Concert

1 July 2018, Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN

String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven

I.        Allegro

Henson Quartet

Selena Janzen & Lauren Zimmerman, violins

Beau Henson, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2018 Senior Recital

2 June 2018, Brackenridge Hall, Calvary Episcopal Church, Rochester, MN

Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor by J.S. Bach

I.        Prelude

II.        Allemande

III.        Courante

IV.        Sarabande

V.        Minuets I & II

VI.        Gigue

Verity Scheel, cello

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven

I.        Allegro ma non troppo

Brian Williams, piano & Verity Scheel, cello

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor by William Walton

I.        Allegro molto

Nadine Manske & Nancy Oliveros, violins

Charlie Kanne, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2018 Rochester Chamber Music Society Young Artists’ Concert

13 January 2018, Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms

II.        Allegretto quasi Menuetto

III.        Allegro

Horacio Nuguid, piano & Verity Scheel, cello

2017–2018 ACMS Fall Trimester Concert

3 November 2017, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN

String Quartet No. 6 in B♭ major, Op. 18 No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven

I.        Allegro con brio

Nadine Manske & Sam Richman, violins

Charlie Kanne, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2017 SPCO Youth Chamber Music Competition Finals

19 March 2017, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN

String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 by Franz Schubert

III.        Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto

Donovan Quintet

Nadine Manske & Cate Rodland, violins

Thatcher Donovan, viola & Verity Scheel & Chris Kwon, cellos

2016–2017 ACMS Winter Trimester Concert

3 February 2017, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN

String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 by Franz Schubert

III.        Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto

Donovan Quintet

Nadine Manske & Cate Rodland, violins

Thatcher Donovan, viola & Verity Scheel & Chris Kwon, cellos

2016–2017 ACMS Fall Trimester Concert

4 November 2016, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN

String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 by Franz Schubert

IV.        Allegretto

Donovan Quintet

Cate Rodland & Nadine Manske, violins

Thatcher Donovan, viola & Verity Scheel & Chris Kwon, cellos

2016 Rochester Music Guild Winners’ Recital

6 May 2016, Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN

Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini (“Moses”) by Niccolò Paganini

1st Place Prize Winner, Senior Strings

Brian Williams, piano & Verity Scheel, cello

2015–2016 ACMS Spring Trimester Concert

29 April 2016, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN

String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 by Paul Hindemith

I.        Fugato. Sehr langsame Viertel

II.        Schnelle Achtel. Sehr energisch. Presto

Peterson Quintet

Emma & Sam Richman, violins

Joe Peterson, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2015–2016 ACMS Spring Trimester Concert

29 January 2016, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN

String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven

III.        Menuetto (Grazioso)

IV.        Allegro molto

Peterson Quintet

Emma & Sam Richman, violins

Joe Peterson, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2015–2016 ACMS Episcopal Homes Winter Trimester Concert

21 January 2016, Episcopal Homes of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven

IV.        Allegro molto

Peterson Quintet

Emma & Sam Richman, violins

Joe Peterson, viola & Verity Scheel, cello

2015 Bridge Chamber Music Festival

23 August 2015, Studio A, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49 by Dmitrij Kabalevsky

I.        Allegro

Mary Davis, piano & Verity Scheel, cello

2015 Young Musicians of Southeast Minnesota Recital

2015, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Rochester, MN

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 by Edward Elgar

IV.        Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non-troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio

Ainhoa Urkijo, piano & Verity Scheel, cello