Spartiti difficile per Viola

Premiered by soloist Tabea Zimmermann and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2007, Frank Michael Beyer's last great orchestral work, with an Italian title, refers t...

What does the Lotus Effect have to do with modal structures and prosodic forms of ancient Armenian sacred music? Tigran Mansurian attempts to fathom these mysteries - the magical plant with its unique...

MacMillans Violakonzert wurde vom London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra und Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Auftrag gegeben und 2013 mit Lawrence Powe...

Composed in 1917 for viola, string quartet & string orchestra, and first performed that year at the Mons Memorial Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. The work is inscribed to the memory of Francis...

Anmerkung des Komponisten: 'Acequia Madre zeigt eine Vorgehensweise, die zum Zeitpunkt der Komposition [2012] im Rahmen meiner verschiedenen Stile einen neuen musikalischen Ausdruck darstellte: ein We...

Diese Sonate für Viola solo wurde 1999 komponiert. Dabei wird die C-Saite des Soloinstruments für das gesamte Stück einen Halbton tiefer gestimmt, um dem Stück eine düsterere Klangfarbe zu verleihen u...

'During the rehearsals for Schlussgesang for viola and orchestra performed at the 1997 Aldeburgh Festival, I conceived of the title of this present composition, with its internal rhyme, as an appropri...

Sketched in Australia in 1981 at a time when Gilbert was studying Australian birdsong-choruses, the completion of Dawnfaring's mixture of freely and conventionally notated material was delayed until 1...

Mark Anthony Turnage, who celebrates his 50th birthday this summer, composed On Opened Ground for one of the world's most celebrated viola soloists, Yuri Bashmet, and the Cleveland Orchestra. The titl...

Nikolai Kapustin, born in 1937, is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. Sonata Op. 69 for viola and piano was written in 199...

Das Lied The House of the Rising Sun ist einer der populärsten Songs in der Schallplattengeschichte. Zahllose Interpreten und Interpretinnen haben die traurige Ballade vertont. Nun befasst sich auch e...

3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1 - Pk(2), Schl(2), Hf, Str(12 10 8 6 6) Dauer (min): 14 Min. Ausgabe für Viola und Klavier

Zimmermann wrote a series of works for unaccompanied solo instruments in which he experimented with material and tested out virtuoso playing techniques, simultaneously producing self-contained, indepe...

Zimmermann wrote a series of works for unaccompanied solo instruments in which he experimented with material and tested out virtuoso playing techniques, simultaneously producing self-contained, indepe...

This highly expressive solo work by a composer noted for his operas is quite elegiac - despite the virtuosity required by the advanced playing techniques.

The Israeli composer Menachem Wiesenberg (* 1950) is renowned not only in his own country for his many commissioned compositions and performances in Europe and America. His works, most of which are wr...