and perform with pianist Charlotte Tardieu and violinist Camille Sivori. In 1882, he performed Beethoven's Trio in G major at St. James's Hall, London, with Madame Wilma Neruda and Ludwig Strauss and later Brahms' Quintet in F minor, where he was joined by Louis Ries and Charles Hallé In 1894 the fiftieth anniversary of his first appearance in London was celebrated by a reception given in honour of him and his lifelong friend Joachim. He retired from public life, owing to a severe illness, in 1897, and until his death at Bergamo on the 19th of July 1901 divided his time between his native town and Cadenabbia. Piatti composed two cello concertos, one cello concertino, six cello sonatas, lieder for voice and cello accompaniment, and cello solos, as well as a cello method. His pupils were many, and included Robert Hausmann. A marble bust of Piatti, attributed to "Giacomo Manzoni of Bergamo", is in the collection of the Royal Academy of Music, to whom it was gifted by his daughter in 1909. Compositions Cello solo Capriccio on a theme from Niobe by Giovanni Pacini, Op. 22 for cello solo (on the aria, cavatina, I tuoi frequenti palpiti) Twelve Caprices for cello solo, Op. 25 Cello and piano Air Baskyrs, Op. 8 Am Meer, Serenade, Ave Maria (Franz Schubert / Alfredo Piatti) Canto di primavera for cello and piano Canzonetta for cello and piano Danza moresca for cello and piano Elegia per la morte di Cavour for cello and piano Entreaty / Supplication / Bitte for cello and piano Follia su un’aria di Geminiani for cello and piano Gagliarda for cello and piano Impromptu sopra un’aria di Purcell nella "Regina indiana" for cello and piano Introduction and Variations on a theme from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor for cello and piano, Op. 2 Introduzione e Allegro alla Spagnuola for cello and piano La Bergamasca for cello and piano, Op. 14 Gita in gondola / La Danza for cello and piano Les Fiancés for cello and piano, Op. 7 Mazurka Sentimentale for cello and piano, Op. 6 Notturno for cello and piano, Op. 20 Ossian's song, Ballad for cello and piano Passetemps Sentimental, Op. 4 Pioggia d'Aprile for cello and piano Sérénade Italienne for cello and piano, Op. 17 Siciliana for cello and piano, Op. 19 Souvenir de la Sonnambula for cello and piano, Op. 5 Tarantella for cello and piano, Op. 23