Don Satz fantasises: >If it's good enough for tenors, it's fine for cellists. I don't know >that the three most accomplished active cellists plan to give a recital >together, but it would be a great event. But what would they play? I don't know that even Vivaldi did any concertos for three cellos. They could do some Berlin Phil Cellos stuff, or the Bachianas #5, but for the sort of bucks you'd be paying, you want substantial music. Suggestions: Draw lots to see which two Bach suites each one gets to play. Toss a coin to see which movement of a concerto each plays. Three one-minute rounds of a bow fight to see who plays two movements of the Elgar concerto. Persuade Rostropovich to play Britten's Cello Symphony. >Which cellists would make good back-ups in case of illness? Lynn Harrell, Rafael Wallfisch, Peter Wispelwey. How about Jordi Savall as a wild card? BTW, in Australia we have three jazz musicians who call themselves the Three Tenors but they play saxes. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]