Original Compositions and Transcriptions by Gerald Elias

Parts, recordings, and reviews available upon request

Concerto Cadenzas

Brahms

Mozart No. 3 in G Major

Mozart No. 5 in A Major

Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

Bartok, "Intermezzo Interrotto" from Concerto for Orchestra

Bazzini, "Second Round of the Goblins" (a parody for 4 violins)

Amy Beach, "Three Browning Songs" (violin solo)

Faure, "Pavane"

Gottschalk, "Pasquinade" (also arranged for 8 flutes and orchestra)

Kodaly, "Intermezzo" from the Hary Janos Suite

Mozart, "Papageno's Aria"

Rossini, "Ai Caprici," from L'Italiana in Algeri

Schubert, "Death and the Maiden" (violin solo)

Sir Arthur Sullivan, "The Moon & I" from the Mikado

Traditional, "El Condor Pasa" (violin solo)

William Walton, "Touch Her Soft Lips and Part," from the film Henry V.

Chamber Music

String Quartet No. 1: "When Mr. Mozart Went to the Ball." Variations (a la Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten) on Mozart's Violin Sonata in G Major, K.379, for string quartet and narrators

String Quartet No. 2

"Mack the Knife" Fantasy for String Quartet

"V'adoro" Variations for Violin Solo and tape (Handel's "V'adoro Pupille)

"William Grandstaff," Operatic Scene for 3 voices, violin, flute, and piano

"The Legend of William Grandstaff" for baritone, string bass and piano

"Conversations with Essie" for female narrator and chamber ensemble

"Piccolino's Sarabanda" for solo violin

"Dear Great Salt Lake," for narrator, violin, flute, and cimbalom. (Co-composed with Igor Iachimciuc, poem by Raisa Tolchinsky)

Orchestra

Transcription of the Aaron Copland Sonata for violin and orchestra. [Pub. Boosey & Hawkes]

“The Raven,” Monodrama for Baritone and Orchestra (also a chamber music version for voice, viola, and piano), based upon the poem by Edgar Allan Poe

Concerto Grosso for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (also for violin and piano)

Overture in the Classical Style

Transcription of "Devil's Trill" Sonata for string orchestra

Transcription of the Andante from Bach's Violin Sonata in A Minor for string orchestra (can be used as a 2nd mvt. in the 3rd Brandenburg Concerto)