CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR VIOLA
Contemporary music for viola | Contemporary viola music | Modern viola compositions | Viola pieces | Viola repertoire | Unaccompanied viola music | Viola compositions for the 21st century | New viola music | Viola compositions | Viola music for contemporary ensembles | Contemporary viola composers | Chamber Music with viola | Contemporary viola repertoire | viola sheet music
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UNACCOMPANIED VIOLA
Contemporary unaccompanied viola music | Solo viola compositions | Modern viola solos | Experimental viola pieces | Solo viola repertoire | Avant-garde viola music | New viola solos | Innovative viola compositions | Progressive viola solos | Unaccompanied viola scores | Viola solos for the 21st century
VIOLA CHAMBER MUSIC
DUOS
Contemporary chamber music for viola | Viola chamber music | Modern viola ensemble pieces | Experimental viola chamber compositions | Chamber music repertoire with viola | Avant-garde viola chamber music | Cutting-edge viola chamber scores | New viola chamber music | Innovative viola ensemble pieces | Progressive viola chamber arrangements | Contemporary viola chamber composers | Viola ensemble performances | Chamber music for viola and other instruments | Viola ensemble repertoire
Dripping Minutes - Frozen Years
8' 30" | viola and piano
TRIOS/ QUARTETS / QUINTETS
V5 – Quintet for Vibraphone and String Quartet
for vibraphone and string quartet
17' | vibraphone, violins (2), viola and cello
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble
for chamber ensemble
12' | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion (1), piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
VOCAL MUSIC WITH VIOLA
for soprano and ensemble
10' 30" | leggiero soprano (also plays small percussion instruments), flute, viola, cello and harp
Contemporary unaccompanied viola music | Solo viola compositions | Modern viola solos | Experimental viola pieces | Solo viola repertoire | Avant-garde viola music | New viola solos | Innovative viola compositions | Progressive viola solos | Unaccompanied viola scores | Viola solos for the 21st century
STAGE MUSIC WITH VIOLA
for narrator and ensemble
31' | actress, violins (2), viola, cello double bass and piano
for actress and chamber ensemble / chamber orchestra
36' | actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet
OR
actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section
Sheet Music for Viola:
List of Key 20th–21st Century Viola Repertoire
Solo Viola
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Luciano Berio – Sequenza VI – solo viola – 1967
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Elliott Carter – Figment IV – solo viola – 2007
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György Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Viola – solo viola – 1994
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Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1 – solo viola – 1922
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John Cage – One8 – solo viola – 1991
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Toru Takemitsu – A Bird Came Down the Walk – solo viola – 1994
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Krzysztof Penderecki – Cadenza – solo viola – 1984
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Rebecca Clarke – Viola Sonata – solo viola – 1919
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Gérard Grisey – Prologue – solo viola – 1976
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Brian Ferneyhough – Incipits – solo viola – 1996
Viola and Piano
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Dmitri Shostakovich – Viola Sonata, Op. 147 – viola and piano – 1975
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Sergei Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet (arr. for viola and piano) – viola and piano – 1935-1936
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Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp – viola and piano – 1915
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Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae, Op. 48 – viola and piano – 1950
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Henri Vieuxtemps – Elegie, Op. 30 – viola and piano – 1854
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Ernest Bloch – Suite Hébraïque – viola and piano – 1951
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Frank Bridge – Lament – viola and piano – 1912
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William Walton – Viola Concerto (arr. for viola and piano) – viola and piano – 1929
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Aram Khachaturian – Sonata for Viola and Piano – viola and piano – 1976
Viola Chamber Works
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Anton Webern – Three Little Pieces, Op. 11 – viola and piano – 1914
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George Crumb – Sonata for Viola and Piano – viola and piano – 1965
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Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis – viola and piano – 1974-75
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Harrison Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows – viola and ensemble – 1989-1996
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Tania León – Axon – viola and ensemble – 2001
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Kaija Saariaho – Vent Nocturne – viola and electronics – 2006
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Steve Reich – Different Trains – viola and tape – 1988
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Tristan Murail – C’est un jardin secret – viola and electronics – 1976
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Helmut Lachenmann – Toccatina – viola and ensemble – 1986
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Gérard Grisey – Anubis-Nout – viola and ensemble – 1983
Viola Concertos
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Béla Bartók – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1945
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Paul Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher – viola and orchestra – 1935
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William Walton – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1929
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Alfred Schnittke – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1985
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Krzysztof Penderecki – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1983
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Bohuslav Martinů – Rhapsody-Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1952
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James MacMillan – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 2013
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György Ligeti – Viola Concerto – viola and orchestra – 1993
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John Adams – The Dharma at Big Sur (viola version) – viola and orchestra – 2003
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Kaija Saariaho – Graal Théâtre (viola version) – viola and orchestra – 1994