Viola Concerto

Piano reduction-Georg Philipp Telemann's Viola Concerto In G Major. Piano reduction.The Viola is often not credited with being able to take over a soloistic role but this is completely unjust. In 1738 JohannPhilipp Eisel already wrote of the Viola as being the ?very bowels of music? and stressed that it was not only needed to ?flesh out? the Orchestral sound but also as a 'concert voice which is fully proven by the concertos andconcert overtures by the famous Capell-Meister Telemann'.Telemann?s Concerto In G Major is considered to be one of the earliest works for solo Viola and Orchestra and forms part of thecore repertoire for pupils and students. In this Urtext Piano reduction the specialist Kai Köpp has provided information regarding historical performance practice.

William Walton Edition-William Walton's 1962 Concerto For Viola And Orchestra. Study score.This edition of Walton's celebrated Viola Concerto (1962 version) has been off-printed from the William Walton Edition full score and combines the scholarship of the Edition with the practical benefits of the smaller format. An introduction is provided by the volume editor Christopher Wellington.Instrumentation: solo Viola 2 Flutes (II Picc) Oboe Double Bass 2 Clarinet(II Bcl) 2 Bassoon 4 Horn 2 Trumpet 3 Trombone Timpani Harp Strings.

Along with the Stamitz concerto Hoffmeister‘s Viola Concerto is the most important audition piece for Viola players. Yet it has been handed down in a complicated source tradition surviving ina single contemporary manuscript covered with many layers of markings. Our Piano reduction reconstructs for the first time the earliest textual layer in this source thereby coming as close as possible toHoffmeister‘s actual intentions. The reconstructed original is accompanied by a detailed critical commentary. Fingering and bowing marks have been added by no less a musician than Kim Kashkashian!

Handel’s Concerto In B Flat has been skilfully transcribed for Viola wit Piano accompaniment by Alan Arnold.The solo Viola part is also included on a separate insert.

Nico Muhly’s Viola Concerto is a work for Solo Viola and Orchestra co-commissioned by Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España Detroit Symphony Orchestra Festival de Saint Denis & the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alexander Shelley. It was first performed on 6th February 2015 and lasts around 24 minutes. This is the Full Score.

POD-Charybdis - 'Wirbelrausch für Bratsche und Orchester' by Søren Nils Eichberg (2016)Concerto for Viola and Orchestra dedicated to Rafael AltinoPremiere by Rafael Altino and Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Schønwandt on October 27 2016

I first heard Walton's Viola Concerto in my youth and the mixture of haunting sadness and exuberance won me over immediately. Although other composers have written works for the instrument they are seldom played and the viola remains under regarded and unappreciated as do viola players! Having recently composed a number of cello pieces culminating in my 'Umbrian Variations' for eight cellos I decided to try my hand at something else the result:- this Sonatina for Viola and Piano. Last year (2009) at Ian Christians' Dordogne Chateau the Quator Wihan gave a concert and I was very struck by the viola playing of Jiri Zigmund - hence the dedication.

While Gordon Jacobs composed a vast amount of music more than four hundred pieces -- he was particularly celebrated for his work for Viola and for woodwinds as well as for his books on music pedagogy. Jacob had an early success with his Viola Concerto of 1926 which was premiered at a Promenade concert and which was the beginning of a series of strong contributions to Viola repertoire. This Sonatina for Viola and Piano demonstrates his sensitive writing for the instrument. It works very well when performed on clarinet as well.While many composers of the 20th century rejected serialism atonality and other avant garde effects in favour of Romanticism Jacob was much morean adherent to the musical models of the classic and baroque eras while still encompassing modern harmonies. His work Music for a Festival for symphonic wind band and brass ensemble was used for the post-war Festival of Britain and he arranged the British national anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

An Urtext edition of Carl Stamitz's Viola Concerto No.1 In D arranged here with Piano reduction by Johannes Umbreit with cadenzas and lead-ins by Robert D. Levin and edited by Norbert Gertsch and Annemarie Weibezahn.Fingering and bowing by Jurgen Weber.