Repertoire

Bach

Concerti in A minor, E Major, D minor
Double Concerto D minor
Triple Concerto in D Major
Oboe / Violin Concerto in C minor
Complete Brandenburg 1-6 (viola in 6)

Balada

Concerto

Barber

Concerto

Bartok

“Portraits” (Opus Posth.)
Rhapsody 1 and 2
Concerto No. 2(1938)
Viola Concerto (1945)

Beethoven

Concerto in D Major
Triple Concerto in C Major
Romance in G Major
Romance in F Major

Berg

Concerto “To the Memory of an Angel”
Kammermusik

Brahms

Concerto in D Major
Double Concerto in A minor

Bruch

Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Scottish Fantasy

Chausson

Poéme

Chavez

Concerto

Corigliano

Chaconne from “The Red Violin”

Cortes

Concerto (1984) (dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)

Crespo

Concierto en tiempo de tango
(commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Concierto para Viola (US premiere by Cárdenes)

Dvorak

Concerto in A minor
Romance in F Major

Elgar

Concerto in B minor

Garson

Jazz Concerto (in progress)

Ginastera

Concerto

Goldmark

Concerto in A minor

Phillip Glass

Violin Concerto (1987)

Glazunov

Concerto in A Major

Benjamín Gutíerrez

Concierto para víolin (1969)

Haydn

Concerto in C Major
Concerto in G major
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon

Khatchaturian

Concerto

Korngold

Concerto in D Major

Locatelli

Concerto in D Major

Lalo

Symphonie espagnole

Lorenz

Concerto #1 (1985) (dedicated to, premiered and commissioned by Cárdenes)

Concerto #2 (2017)  ("Dance Unlikely), commisioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes

Mendelssohn

Concerto in E minor
Concerto in D minor

Edgar Meyer

Concerto (1999)

Mozart

Concerto No. 1 in B flat Major
Concerto No. 2 in D Major Major
Concerto No. 3 in G Major Major
Concerto No. 4 in D Major Major
Concerto No. 5 in A Major
Concertone in C Major for Two Violins
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major (both Violin and Viola)
Adagio in E Major
Rondo in C Major
“Haffner” Serenade in D Major

Paganini

Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Concerto No. 3 in E Major
Concerto No. 4 in D minor
“La Campanella” in B minor

Penderecki

Concerto #1

Piazzolla

Four Seasons in Buenos Aires (arr. Desnyatnikov)

Prokofiev

Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Concerto No. 2 in G minor

Ravel

Tzigane

Rodrigo

Concierto d’été

Saint-Saëns

Concerto No. 3 in B minor
Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Havanaise
Caprice Andalous

Sarasate

Carmen Fantasy
Ziguenerweisen

Roberto Sierra

Concerto (1987) (commissioned for, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Double Concerto (2004) (violin / viola)
(commissioned for and dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes / Roberto Díaz)

Schoenfield

Concerto for Viola

Shostakovich

Concerto No. 1 in A minor

Sibelius

Concerto in D minor

Spohr

Concerto No. 8 in A minor “Gesangszene”

David Stock

Concerto (2004) (premiered by Cárdenes)
Concierto Cubano (2006) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)

The Philosopher’s Stone

Double Concerto for Violin and Viola (2013) (dedicated to and commissioned by Cárdenes and Roberto Díaz)

Stravinsky

Concerto in D major

Syzmanowski

Concerto No. 1
Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Concerto in D Major

Telemann

Viola Concerto in G major

Theofanidis

Violin Concerto (2009)

Marilyn Taft Thomas

The Elements (2011) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes 8/3/11)

Symphonic Dances for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2016) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)

Joan Tower

Concerto

Van Rossum

Concerto (1979) (premiered by Cárdenes at 1980 Queen Elizabeth Competition, Brussels, Belgium)

Vaughn-Williams

The Lark Ascending

Vieuxtemps

Concerto No. 4 in D minor
Concerto No. 5 in A minor

Mariana Villanueva

Concierto (dedicated to and commissioned by Cárdenes)

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons
12 Concerti from “La Stravaganza”
Double Concerto in D minor
Double Concerto in A minor
Concerto for Four Violins in B minor

Walton

Concerto

Wieniawski

Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Concerto No. 2 in D minor

Ysaÿe

Poeme No. 1 "Élegiaque"
Poeme No. 2 "Au Rouet"
Poeme No. 3 "Chant d’hiver"
Poeme No. 4 "Extase"

Poeme No. 5 "Les Neiges d'antan"

Poeme No. 6 "Amitié" for two violins