ABRSM-Publishing - Viola, Piano

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.

A superb collection containing five varied folk tunes set for Viola or Cello with Piano accompaniment. Taken from the vast Petrie collection of Ancient Irish Music these traditional melodies have been freely and imaginatively adapted by Howard Ferguson to form a suite of concert and recital pieces. Part of the ABRSM syllabus.