A solo prelude for this instrument consists almost entirely of G major arpeggios in a sixteenth note rhythm; that piece is the first in a collection of six solo pieces for this instrument by J.S. Bach.
At the start of Russian Easter Festival Overture, this instrument's section splits into three soloists and a tutti after a dolce solo by it. Four soloists from this instrumental section play in the opening of the 1812 Overture. This instrument is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and Max Bruch's (*) Kol Nidrei. A solo prelude for this instrument consists almost entirely of G major arpeggios in a sixteenth note rhythm; that piece is the first in a collection of six solo pieces for this instrument by J.S. Bach. Concerti for this instrument include twelve by Luigi Boccherini, one by Edward Elgar in E minor, and one by Antonin Dvorak in B minor. For 10 points, name this string instrument played by Jacqueline du Pre, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Yo-yo Ma.
At the start of Russian Easter Festival Overture, this instrument's section splits into three soloists and a tutti after a dolce solo by it.
Cello