Repertoire

Associated acts: Alexander von Brandt, Vinzenz von Brandt, Eugene Green, Célestine String Quartet, Célestin Jazz Ensemble, MET Orchestra

Bands

• Célestine String Quartet, classical music ensemble founded by Lisette's mother. Current line-up consists of Lisette, who is one of the original members and is the leader of the quartet. The rest of the line-up are other CIA spies. The quartet is all-female, and they all specialize in playing CIA-issued electric string instruments. The Célestine String Quartet is a front used by the CIA in their cultural war against the Soviets.

• Célestin Jazz Ensemble, a side project started by Lisette as a way to break away from her rigid classical roots, and explore gypsy jazz. Its members include:

  • Ray Mingus, Afro-Hatian double-bassist

  • Cristina de Torres, Puerto Rican guitarist

  • Maurice Cartier, French Romani guitarist

  • Carmen Colombera, guest vocalist

Symphony (with the MET Orchestra)

• Eugene Onegin (October 1957)

• Le Nozze di Figaro (December 1957)

• Faust (January 1958)

• Tristan und Isolde (February 1958)

• Die Walküre (March 1958)

• Madama Butterfly (April 1958)

• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (May 1958)

• Tosca (October 1958)

• Otelllo (November 1958)

• La Bohème (December 1958)

• Don Giovanni (January 1959)

• Macbeth (February 1959)

• MET Ballet evening (March 1959)

• MET Gala performance (April 1959)

• Carmen (May 1959)

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Violin

• Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

• Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2

• Beach: Violin Sonata Op. 34

• Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1

• Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61

• Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 (‘Kreutzer’)

• Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77

• Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3

• Paganini: 24 Caprices

• Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

• Sarasate : Zigeunerweisen

• Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op. 47

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Viola Solos​ & Concertos

• Célestin: Élégie pour Louise for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra (Performed with the Juilliard Orchestra during the CIA's '20th Century Masterpieces of Modern Arts' festival)

• Bartók: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (same as above)

• Berlioz: Harold in Italy

• Bruch: Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85

• Forsyth: Viola Concerto

• Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher

• Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Viola Op. 25, No. 1

• Hindemith: Trauermusik

• Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D Major

• Howells: Elegy for Viola, String Quartet, and String Orchestra

• Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364

• Paganini: Sonata per la Grand Viola

• Reger: 3 Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d

• Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra (performed as a special for the Carmen opera at the 'old Met'—*plot-centric for book 1*)

• Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D Major

• Strauss, Don Quixote

• Stravinsky: Elegy for Solo Viola (also performed at the CIA's arts festival)

• Walton: Viola Concerto

• Waxman: Carmen Fantasie (arr. w/Vinzenz von Brandt, as a gift for Carmen's 26th birthday)

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Viola & Piano

• von Brandt: Für Lisette (no longer played after Lisette broke up with Alexander)

• Bach: Komm, süßer Tod (arr. Lisette Célestin)

• Bloch: Suite for Viola and Piano

• Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Op.120, Nos. 1 and 2

• Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Reminiscence)

• Dale: Suite for Viola and Piano, Op. 2

• Enescu: Concertpiece for Viola and Piano

• Carter: Elegy for Viola and Piano

• Clarke: Shorter Works for Viola and Piano

• Clarke: Morpheus

• Clarke: Viola Sonata

• Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op.11 No.4

• Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113

• Viextemps: Sonata for Viola and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 36

Chamber (with Célestine String Quartet)

• Célestin: Les Couleurs de la Musique

• Bach: Air on the G String Suite No. 3

• Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Bartok: String Quartet No. 4

• Bartok: String Quartet No. 6

• Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, No. 15, Op. 132

• Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, “Razumovsky” Op. 59, No. 1

• Beethoven: String Quartet in Eb Major, “Harp” Op. 74

• Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, “Serioso” Op. 95

• Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

• Dvořák: “American Quartet” No. 12, Op. 96

• Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Mendelssohn: Wedding March in C Major

• Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

• Mozart: “Dissonance” String Quartet, K. 465

• Pachelbel: Canon in D Major

• Ravel: String Quartet in F Major 

• Schubert: Death and the Maiden” No. 14, D. 810 

• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

• Wagner: Bridal Chorus

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Jazz works (with Célestin Jazz Ensemble)​

• Casman, 'Yosel' covered as 'Joseph Joseph'

• Carsone, 'Tu vuo fa l'Americano' *highly requested in Cuba and Italy*

• Chordettes, 'Mr. Sandman'

• Ellington, 'It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'

• Etting, 'All of Me'

• Piaf, 'La Vie En Rose'

• Porter, 'C'est Magnifique'

• Porter, 'I Love Paris'

• Reinhardt, 'Bouncin' Around'

• Reinhardt, 'Minor Swing'

• Velázquez, 'Bésame Mucho'