Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces for Viola and Piano transcribed from the original for Cello. Posterity has retained of Nadia Boulanger only her gifts as a virtuoso of the piano and organ her skill as a conductor (of vocal ensemble and orchestra) and most of all her incredible charisma as a teacher. For nearly sixty years 'Mademoiselle' made the most of her famous Wednesdays bringing rigour and passion to the training of several generations of musicians: among so many others Aaron Copland Leonard Bernstein Igor Markevitch Michel Legrand Witold Lutoslawski Astor Piazzolla Quincy Jones and John-Eliot Gardiner have all kept unforgettable memories of thesetimes.Was Nadia Boulanger wrong to let teaching music take precedence over her composing as Gabriel Fauré the great master she venerated believed? The publication of Three Pieces for Viola and Piano raises the question. This transcription of Three Pieces for cello and piano was composed between 1911 and 1913 and published by Heugel. The two initial pieces were originally written for organ: the first in E flat minor brings a moderate tempo to a melancholy cantilena with Romantic accents while the second in A minor exudes warmth and tenderness. The third piece (C sharp minor) most likely originally titled Danse espagnole heralds the Roaring Twenties with its restlessness and festive crackle. Together they emit a charm that is difficult to resist.

Composer: Milhaud Darius Title: Concerto op. 108 Scored for: for viola and orchestra or viola and 15 instruments Edition type: piano reduction Edition: Edition for Viola and Piano ISBN: 978-3-7024-6322-9 ISMN: 979-0-008-01009-5 Order number: UE3718

One of Mozart's many celebrated pieces Adagio for Violin and Orchestra In E Major K.261 has been wonderfully transcribed for Viola and Piano accompaniment by Alan H. Arnold. The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert.

Johann Christian Bach's Concerto in C minor for Viola and Orchestra.Edition for Viola (or Violin/Cello) and Piano reduction.

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Edition : Piano Reduction/Vocal Score Editor : Sommer, Jürgen Binding : stapled Instrumentation : 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinet (b flat), 2 Bassoon, 4 Horn, 2 Trumpet, Kettledrum, Drums

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.

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1st Sonata was written by Darius Milhaud and is based on anonymous tunes of the XVIII century and was dedicated to Germain Prevost. Initially composed for Viola and Orchestra, this score features the Viola and Piano scores. It is composed of four distinct parts: 1. Entree 2. Française 3. Air 4. Final Fairly difficult, this Sonata can be used for recitals and contests by upper-intermediate players. Born in 1892, Darius Milhaud became a professor at the Paris Conservatoire after the WWII, and composed a wide musical repertoire. One of thecharacteristic of the music he composed was its polytonality and its numerous influences (mainly French Provence, Jazz, South American and Jewish)./ Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. By Bohuslav Martinu. Edited by Jurgen Sommer. For Flute (2) Oboe (2) Clarinet (b flat) (2) Bassoon (2) Horn (4) Trumpet (2) Kettledrum Drums. Piano Reduction/Vocal Score. Duration 22'. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4316 90) ISBN M006446872.

Purcell a composé ce thème brillant pour la musique de scène de la pièce Abdelazer ou la revanche du Maure (1693) d?Aphra Behn. Presque trois siècles plus tard Benjamin Britten l?introduisit dans son œuvre symphonique The Young Person?s Guide to the Orchestra (désignée souvent par son sous-titre Variation & Fugue sur un Thème de Purcell) une partition pour un film documentaire sorte de visite guidée des instruments de l?orchestre.

Melodie was originally written for Violin and Piano in 1878 as the third of the three Memories that made up the composer’s opus 47. It was dedicated to Brailovo the Ukrainian Country estate where it was finished. Since then it has been re-arranged many times most famously for Violin with Orchestra. This arrangement for Viola and Piano by Alan Arnold is part of the popular Viola World series. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) is one of the best-known Russian composers in the west. He was the first Russian composer to write in the European style generating criticism from his peers for abandoning the Russian culturalheritage but enjoying acclaim across both Europe and America.

These four pieces were written separately between 1901 and 1910 for cello and piano. They subsequently appeared in print in different versions ranging from piano solo to full orchestra. The composer was himself a fine viola player and it is hoped would have welcomed these transcriptions for viola and piano published here for the first time.

Music through the Ages-Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces For Viola. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements presented in chronological order to take you from the seventeenth century right up to the present day.   Pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus. Invaluable source of recital repertoire. Contrasting styles from Schubert to Stravinsky and from Wagner to Weill. Arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades.   Maggy Lamb played the Viola with English National Opera and the Philharmonia Orchestra before taking up the post ofHead of Strings at St Peter’s School in York. She now divides her time between teaching performing and examining. Rachel Meredith is a Bristol University graduate. After a period performing both in the UK and abroad she now teaches upper strings in York. Rachel is also a syllabus selector and examiner for ABRSM.