Viola confessions: composers exposed (works by composers/violists)
- JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, in B-flat Major, BWV 1051
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Duet for Viola and Cello with obbligato eyeglasses, WoO 32
- Paul HINDEMITH: Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25/1
- Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Duet for Violin and Viola in G Major, KV 423
- Niccoló PAGANINI: Terzetto Concertante, for viola, cello, and guitar
Humor in music: beyond the viola joke
- Elinor ARMER (and others): Eine kleine Snailmusik, for Mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano
- Jan BACH: The Viola From ‘People of Note’, for tenor and viola
- PDQ BACH: Sonata for Viola Four Hands and harpsichord
- HINDEMITH: Minimax, Repertoire for military orchestra, for string quartet
- Lowell LIEBERMANN: Struwwelpeterlieder, Op.51, for soprano, viola, and piano
- Larry Allan SMITH: The Scrolls, A Mini-Medieval Interlude on a text by Woody Allen, for tenor, flute, clarinet, and viola
Death by viola. Classical music to die for...literally (Halloween concert)
- Alan HOVAHNESS: Chahagir, for Solo viola
- Arthur BLISS: Madam Noy, for Soprano, viola, bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, and harp
- Donald GRANTHAM: Son of Cimetière- a Voodoo mambo, for viola and piano (World Premiere)
- Benjamin BRITTEN: Lachrimae op. 48, for viola and piano
- Charles-Martin LOEFFLER: Rapsodies, for Baritone, viola, clarinet, and piano
- Michael DAUGHERTY: Viola Zombie, for two violas
Brahms: the String Sextets
- Johannes BRAHMS: String Sextet No.1 op.18, in B-flat major
- Johannes BRAHMS: String Sextet No.2 op. 36, in G Major
Quixotic quincunx (works for quintets with solo viola)
- Michael HAYDN: Ave Regina for Bass-Baritone, Viola, and String Quartet
- Joaquin TURINA: Scène Andalouse for Solo Viola, String Quartet and Piano
- Stephen PAULUS: Exotic Etudes, for Solo Viola and Piano quartet
- Peter STOPSCHINSKI: Funky vla, for solo viola with guitar pick, and string quartet
- Johannes BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet op. 115, version for Solo Viola and String quartet
Humor in music: oxymoron no more
- Paul HINDEMITH: Richard Wagner’s Overture to “The Flying Dutchman”, as played at sight by a Second-rate Concert Orchestra at the Village Well at 7o’clock in the morning, for string quartet
- Peter SCHICKELE: Viola Dreams, Quodlibet for String Quartet
- Alfred SCHNITTKE: Polka, for string quartet
- Gary SLECHTA: Condensed Concert, for string quartet
- PDQ BACH: Sonata for Viola Four Hands and harpsichord
- Lowell LIEBERMANN: Struwwelpeterlieder, Op.51, for soprano, viola, and piano
Around the viola in 80 minutes
- Daniel DORFF: Deep Funk, part II/ Salsa Grande for Solo Viola
- Jonathan KOLM: The Well-Traveled Viola, for Viola and Piano (World Premiere)
- Bright SHENG: The Stream Flows, for Solo Viola
- Hans SITT: Mazurka, Op.132, No.2, for Viola and Piano
- Ralph VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves, for Viola and Piano
- Constantin DIMETRESCU: Romanian Peasant Dance, Op. 15, for Viola and Piano
- Maurice RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera, for Viola and Piano
- Astor PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango, for Viola and Piano
- Reza VALI: Calligraphy No.5, for Solo Viola
- Luciano BERIO: Folk Songs, for Mezzo-Soprano, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, harp and percussio
Paganini: the beauty behind the bad boy
- Nicolo PAGANINI: Terzetto Concertante, for Viola, Cello and Guitar
- Nicolo PAGANINI: Quartet No.15 for Viola, Violin, Cello and Guitar
Listening to people of note: a concert of tributes and celebrations
- Giacomo PUCCINI: Crisantemi, for string quartet
- Dan WELCHER: Tickets for a prayer wheel, for viola and baritone
- Ned ROREM: Serenade on Five English Poems, for Voice, Violin, Viola and Piano
- Philip KOPLOW: Sonata In Memoriam Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, for Viola and Piano
- Paquito D'RIVERA: Village Street, for String Quartet
Hues heard, sounds seen. Music inspired by colors
- James NORMAN: Fragmentary Blue, for 6 violas (World Premiere)
- Michael Alec ROSE: Wine dark memory, for solo viola
- Lynn JOB: Arcangelo Red, for solo viola (World Premiere)
- Joan TOWER: Wild Purple, for solo viola
- P. Kellach WADDLE: Your midnight blue lies, for solo viola (World Premiere)
- Judith BINGHAM: Fifty shades of green, for violin, viola, and cello
- Daniel ASIA: Orange, for solo viola
- Peter SCHICKELE: Monochrome IV, for 6 violas
This time it's personal! The viola and the voice: a perfect match
- Johannes BRAHMS: Two Songs Op. 91, for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano
- Libby LARSEN: Sifting through the ruins, for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano
- Russell REED: Light the lovely Candles, for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano (World Premiere)
- Frank BRIDGE: Three Songs, for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola and Piano
The crême de la crême of French music. A rendez-vous with you
- Jean-Marie LECLAIR: Sonate No.2 for, for two violas
- Henri VIEUXTEMPS: Sonate in Bb Major Op.36, for viola and piano
- Reynaldo HAHN: Romanesque, for flute, viola, and piano
- Claude DEBUSSY: Sonate, for flute, viola, and harp
Bach to the classics. Influence, inspiration independence: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
- JS BACH: From Cantata BWV 199 -VI. “Ich, dein betrübtes Kind” for alto, viola, and continuo
- JS BACH: From Cantata BWV 5 -III. “Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle” for tenor, viola, and continuo
- JS BACH: From Cantata BWV 16 -V. “Geliebter Jesu, du allein” for tenor, viola, and continuo
- JS BACH: From Mass in A BWV 234 -V. “Quoniam” for alto, viola, and continuo
- JS BACH: From Cantata BWV 213 -XI. “Ich bin deine” for tenor, alto, two violas and continuo
- WA MOZART: From Six Preludes and three part fugues K. 404a II. Adagio
- JS BACH (Trans. WA MOZART): Fugue 14 from “The Well-Tempered Clavier” BWV 883
- WA MOZART: Duet No. 1 in G Major, for violin and viola, K. 423
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Seven Variations on “Bei Männern” from Mozart’s Magic Flute, for viola and piano, WoO 46
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Duet for Viola and Cello with obbligato eyeglasses, WoO 32
Altitudes. Duos pour altos
- WF BACH: Duet No.2
- JS BACH: From Cantata BWV 199 -VI. “Ich, dein betrübtes Kind” for alto, viola, and continuo
- Alessandro ROLLA: Duet BI8 in Eb Major
- Frank BRIDGE:Lament
- Jean-Marie LECLAIR: Sonata No. 2
- Paul COLETTI: Journey
- Michael DAUGHERTY: Viola Zombie
Soulful soliloquies. Virtuosic and emotional works for solo viola
- Lillian FUCHS: Fantasy Etude No.15
- Alan Hovhaness: Chahagir
- Miklós ROZSA: Introduction and Allegro Op. 44
- Henri VIEUXTEMPS: Capriccio Op. Posth
- Casimir NEY: Prelude No.22 “The Storm”
- JS BACH/ Zoltan KODALY: Fantasia Cromatica BWV 903
- Igor STRAVINSKY: Élégie
- Quincy PORTER: Suite for viola alone
Virtuosic Works for Viola and Piano
- Alessandro ROLLA: Sonata No. 1 in Eb Major
- Astor PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango
- Henri VIEUXTEMPS: Sonata in Bb Major Op.36
What Dreams May Come. Works for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
- Frank BRIDGE: Three Songs h.76
- Hermann REUTTER: Fünf Antike Oden Op.57
- Libby LARSEN: Sifting Through the Ruins
- Charles-Martin LOEFFLER: Quatre Poëmes
Cracking the Shostakovich Code: Death Symbolism as Creative Hallmark in Shostakovich's Viola Sonata Op.147
- Lecture
- Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata Op. 147
Something Old. Something New. Works for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
- Daniel POWERS: The Rain is Full of Ghosts
- Graham REYNOLDS: Jabberwocky
- Johannes BRAHMS: Zwei Gesänge Op. 91
- Richard DANIELPOUR: Come Up From the Fields, Father
- Richard STRAUSS: Stiller Gang
- Rob DEEMER: "Bed Music" from Erotica
- Jonathan SANTORE: "Tango Violistico" from Front Porch Poems
Viola works by Women Composers
- Lillian FUCHS: Fantasy Etude No. 15, for solo viola
- Lillian FUCHS: Characteristic Etude No. 5, for solo viola
- Libby LARSEN: Black Birds, Red Hills, A Portrait of Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, for Viola, Clarinet, and Piano
- Rebecca CLARKE: Sonata for Viola and Piano
- Libby LARSEN: Bid Call, for Viola and Saxophone
- Jennifer HIGDON: Sonata for Viola and Piano
Repertoire
Sample Recital and Chamber Music Programs
Sample Symphonic Programs
Dances and Disguises
- Hector BERLIOZ. Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
- JS BACH. Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
- David POPPER. “Harlequin” from Masked Ball, Op.3 No.1, for cello and orchestra
- Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH. “Polka” from The Golden Age, Op. 22
- Giuseppe VERDI. Un Ballo in Maschera, Prelude to Act II
- Georges BIZET. “Galop (Le Bal)” from Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22. No.12
- Leroy ANDERSON. Blue Tango
- Aram KHATCHATURIAN. Masquerade Suite
Mayan Mayhem: Music for the End of Times
- Leroy ANDERSON. Christmas Festival
- Hector BERLIOZ. “Marche au Supplice” from Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
- Joseph HAYDN. Symphony No.45 “Farewell” in F sharp minor (Mvts I and IV)
- WA MOZART. Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527
- Jean SIBELIUS. Valse Triste, Op.44 No. 1
- Anatoly LYADOV. Fragment from the Apocalypse, Op. 66
Bach to the future. Inspirational Fire and Legacy
- JS BACH/STOKOWSKY. Passacaglia, BWV 582 in C minor
- Antonio VIVALDI. Concerto per la Solennità di S. Lorenzo, RV 556 in C Major
- Arturo MÁRQUEZ. Conga del Fuego Nuevo
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN. Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op.43
- Kenji BUNCH. For our Children’s Children: Reflections on the Lincoln Legacy
Send us a postcard. Hitchhiking with Mozart
- JB LULLY. “Grande Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs” from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
- Paul CRESTON. “Midnight-Mexico” from Airborne Suite
- Hector BERLIOZ. La Belle Voyageuse, for Contralto and orchestra
- WA MOZART. Symphony No. 31 “Paris”, K.297 in D Major
- Felix MENDELSSOHN. The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Op.26
- George GERSHWIN. An American in Paris
Works performed
Works for Solo Viola
ASIA, Daniel - Orange
BACH, JS
- Cello Suites (transcription for Viola) (Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 in scordatura)
- Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (transcription for Viola) (Complete, except for Fugues No. 2 and 3)
- Fantasia Chromatica (Trans. Zoltàn Kodaly for Solo Viola)
BERKELEY, Michael - Variations on Greek Folk Songs
BIBER, F.I. von - Passacaglia, for Solo Violin (transcription for Solo Viola)
BLOCH, Ernest - Suite
BODOROVA, Sylvie - Gil’a Roma
BRITTEN, Benjamin - Elégie
CAMPAGNOLI, Bartolomeo - Caprices (Selections)
CARTER, Elliott- Elegy
DORFF, Daniel - Salsa Grande from “Deep Funk”
FUCHS, Lillian
- Characteristic etudes (Selections)
- Fantasy etudes (Selections)
HINDEMITH, Paul - Sonata Op. 25/1
HOFFMEISTER, F.A. - Etudes (Selections)
HOVHANESS, Alan - Chahagir
HSU, Chia-Yu - Twelve Signs
KLEIN, Gideon - Präludium
LIGETI, György - Sonata
NEY, Casimir - Preludes (Selections)
PERSICHETTI, Vincent - Parable No. 16
PORTER, Quincy - Suite for Viola Alone
REGER, Max - Suite No. 1
RÒZSA, Miklòs - Introduction and Allegro
SHENG, Bright - The Stream Flows
SLAPIN, Scott - Recitative
STRAVINSKY, Igor - Elegie
TOWER, Joan - Wild Purple
VALI, Reza - Calligraphy No. 5
VIEUX, Maurice
- Dix Etudes sur des traits d’orchestre (Selections)
- Vingt Etudes (Selections)
VIEUXTEMPS, Henri - Capriccio
ZHOU, Long - Wild Grass
Works for Viola and Piano (unless otherwise specified)
BACH, JS - Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (Viola version)
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van
- Notturno
- Seven Variations on a theme from the “Magic Flute” (Viola version)
BENJAMIN/PRIMROSE - Jamaican Rumba
BLOCH, Ernest- Suite- Suite Hebraïque
BRAHMS, Johannes - Sonatas Op. 120
BRITTEN, Benjamin - Lachrimae
BRUCH, Max - Kol Nidrei (Viola version)
CLARKE, Rebecca - Sonata
CORRETTE, Michel - Sonate, for Viola and Continuo
DIMETRESCU, Constantin - Romanian Peasant Dance, Op. 15
ENESCU, Georges - Concertstück
FAURÉ, Gabriel - Berceuse, for Violin and Piano (Viola version)
FLACKTON, William - Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, for Viola and Harpsichord
HAHN, Reynaldo - Soliloque et Forlane
HIGDON, Jennifer - Sonata
HINDEMITH, Paul - Sonata Op. 11/4
KOPLOW, Philip - Sonata In Memoriam Martin Luther King Jr.
LOCATELLI, Pietro - Sonata Op. 6 No. 12 for Violin and Continuo (Viola version)
MARAIS, Marin - Five French Dances
MENDELSSOHN Felix - Sonata
MILHAUD, Darius - Quatre Visages
PAGANINI, Nicolo - Moto perpetuto (Viola version)
PART, Arvo - Fratres (Viola version)
PIAZZOLA, Astor - Le Grand Tango (Viola version)
-L'histoire du Tango (Viola and Guitar version)
RAVEL, Maurice - Pièce en forme de Habanera (Viola version)
ROLLA, Alessandro- Sonata in E-flat Major
- Sonata in C Major
RUDIN, Andrew - Viola Sonata
SCHUBERT, Franz - Arpeggione Sonata (Viola version)
SCHUBERT/PRIMROSE - Ave Maria (Viola version)
SCHUMANN, Robert- Adagio and Allegro (Viola version)
- MärchenbilderSHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri - Sonata Op. 147
SITT, Hans - Mazurka
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, Ralph - Fantasia on Greensleeves
VIEUXTEMPS, Henri- Elegie- Sonate in Bb Major
ZIMBALIST/PRIMROSE - Tango from “Sarasateana”
Chamber Works
ARMER, Elinor - Eine Kleine Snail Musik, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola and Piano
BACH, Jan - The Viola, from “People of note,” for Viola and Tenor
BACH, JS
- Aria from Cantata BWV 5:3, for Tenor, Viola, and Continuo
- Aria from Cantata BWV 16:5, for Tenor, Viola, and Continuo
- Aria from Cantata BWV 199:6, for Soprano, Viola, and Continuo
- Aria from Cantata BWV 213:11, for Tenor, Alto, two Violas and Continuo
- Quoniam from Mass in A BWV 234, for Alto, viola, and continuo
BACH, PDQ - Sonata for Viola Four Hands and Harpsichord
BACH, W.F. - Three Duets, for two Violas
BAKER, David - Pastorale, for String Quartet
BARBER, Samuel
- Adagio (String quartet and Orchestra versions)
- Dover Beach, for Baritone and String Quartet
BARTOK, Bela - Duets Op. 44 (versions for 2 violins, and 2 violas)
BEACH, Amy - Theme and Variations Op.80, for Flute and String Quartet
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van
- Duet “with obligato Eyeglasses,” for Viola and Cello
- Serenade Op. 25, for Flute Violin and Viola
- String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1
- String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4
- String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6
- String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1
- String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3
- String Quartet Op. 74
- String Quartet Op. 95
- String Quartet Op. 130
- String Trio Op. 8
- String Trios Op. 9
BERIO, Luciano - Folk Songs, for Mezzo–soprano, Viola, Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Harp, and Perc.
BERMEL, Derek - Soul Garden, for Solo Viola, and String Quintet
BLISS, Arthur - Madame Noy, for Soprano, Viola, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Harp
BLOLAND, Per - Prelude-Dissent, for String Quartet
BORODINE, Alexandre - String Quartet No. 2
BRAHMS, Johannes
- Clarinet Quintet
- Clarinet Quintet (version with Solo Viola and String Quartet)
- Piano Quartets No. 1&3
- Piano Quintet
- Spruch, for Alto and Viola
- String Quartet No. 3
- String Quintets
- String Sextets
- Zwei Gesänge Op. 91, for Alto, Viola, and Piano
BRESNICK, Martin - ***, for Clarinet, Viola an Piano
BRIDGE, Frank
- Lament, for two Violas
- Three Songs, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola and Piano
BRITTEN, Benjamin - Phantasy Quartet, for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
BRUCH, Max - Eight Pieces, for, Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
BURKE, Patrick - String Quartet No. 1
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO - Quintet, for Guitar and Strings
CHAUSSON, Ernest
- Chanson Perpetuelle, for Mezzo-soprano, String Quartet, and Piano
- Concerto, for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet
CLARKE, Rebecca - Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale, for Viola and Clarinet
COHEN, Gerald - Trio, for Viola, Cello, and Piano
COLETTI, Paul - Journey, for two Violas
COLGRASS, Michael
- New People for Contralto, Viola, and Pianos
- Variations, for Viola and Four Drums
COPLAND, Aaron
- Appalachian Spring, Original and revised chamber versions for 13 instruments
- Sextet, for Clarinet, String Quartet, and Piano
CORRETTE, Michel - Sonate, for two Violas
CROCKETT, Donald - The Cinnamon Peeler, for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Piano
CUMBO, Jeremy
- Film Music, for Viola and Live Electronics
- Permanent Change, for String Quartet
D’RIVERA, Paquito - Village Street String Quartet
DANIELPOUR, Richard - Come Up to the Fields, Father, ffor Contralto, Viola, and Piano
DAUGHERTY, Michael - Viola Zombie, for two Violas
DEBUSSY, Claude - Sonate, for Flute, Viola, and Harp
- String Quartet
- Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane, for String Quartet, and Harp
DEEMER, Rob
- Be Thou my Lord, for Soprano, Viola, and Piano
- Cuba, for two Violins, two Violas, Cello, Bass and Narrator
- Erotica, for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
- Elizabeth, for Viola and Mezzo-soprano
- I Saw thee on thy Bridal Day, for Mezzo Soprano, and Viola
- La Maja Dolorosa, versions for Soprano, Viola, and Piano, Soprano-Saxophone, Viola, Piano, and two Violas and Piano
DEMPSTER, Thomas - Reflets au-delà du ciel, for Viola and Interactive Electronics
DING, Ni - The Non Zen Land, for String Quartet
DOHNANYI, Ernö - Serenade Op.10
DONIZETTI, Gaetano - J’aime trop pour être heureux, for Soprano, Viola, and Piano
DURUFLÉ, Maurice - Prelude, Recitatif et variations, for Flute, Viola, and Piano
DVORAK, Antonin
- Drobnosti (Miniatures), for two Violins and Viola
- Piano Quartets
- Piano Quintet
- Quintet with Double Bass
- String Quartet No. 12 “American”
- Terzetto, for two Violins and Viola
FAURÉ, Gabriel - Piano Quartets
FRANK, Gabriela Lena – Milagros
GARDEL, Carlos – Por una Cabeza, for String Quartet
GIORDANI, Tommaso - Trio No. 1, for Flute, Viola, and Cello
GRANTHAM, Donald - Son of Cimetière, for Viola and Piano
HAENDEL/HALVORSEN - Passacaglia, for Violin and Viola
HAHN, Reynaldo - Romanesque, for Flute, Viola and Piano
HARTMANN, John - Reflector, for String Quartet
HAYDN, Michael
- Ave Regina, for Bass Voice, Solo Viola, and Strings
- Divertimento, for Viola, Cello, and Bass
HEWITT, Alan - “I carry your heart”, for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet
HIGDON, Jennifer - Sonata, for Viola and Piano
HINDEMITH, Paul
- Des Todes Tod, for Mezzo-soprano, two Viola, and two Cellos
- Duet, for Viola and Cello
- Minimax, String Quartet
- Wagner’s Overture to “The Flying Dutchman,” for String Quartet
JONES, Charles - String Quartet No. 5
KIMURA, Yasuto - The Year 1998 “Fin de Siècle,” for String Quartet
KNAB, Armin - Rosa Mystica, for Alto and Viola
KOLM, Jonathan
- Traveler, for Viola and Piano
- Night Poems for Viola and Choir
LARSEN, Libby
- Sifting through the ruins, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola, and Piano
- Bid Call, for viola and saxophone
- Black Birds, Red Hills, A Portrait of Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
LECLAIR, Jean-Marie - Sonata No. 2, for two Violas
LECUONA, Margarita/Osvaldo GOLIJOV – Tabu, for String Quartet
LIEBERMANN, Lowell - Struwwelpeterlieder, for Soprano, Viola, and Piano
LOEFFLER, Charles-Martin
- Quatre Poëmes Op. 5, for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, and Piano
- Rhapsodies, for Bass-baritone, Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
- Two Rhapsodies, for Viola, Oboe, and Piano
LYONS, David - Trio Nocturne, for Violin, Viola and Piano
MAHLER, Gustav - Piano Quartet
MARQUEZ, Arturo – Homenaje a Gismonti, for String Quartet
MENDELSSOHN Felix
- String Octet
- String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor
- String Quintet No. 1 in A Major
MISHELL, Kathryn - Quintet, for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano
MORAVEC, Paul - Northern Lights Electric, for Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano, and Double-Bass
MOSS, Pete - 4.1, for String Quartet and Live Electronics
MOZART, W.A.
- Clarinet Quintet
- Divertimento in Eb Major, for Violin, Viola, and Cello
- Duets, for Violin and Viola
- Flute Quartets No. 1 and 3
- Oboe Quartet
- Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
- Six Preludes and Fugues, for String Trio
- String Quartet No. 15 K. 421 in D Minor
- String Quartet No. 19 K. 465 in C Major
- String Quintets K. 515 and 516
NELHYBEL, Vaclav - Estampie Natalis, for Viola, Cello, Flute, Percussion, and Choir
NORMAN, James
- Fragmentary Blue, for Six Violas
- Like Social Elephants, for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, String Octet, Double-bass, and Piano
ORGAD, Ben-Zion - Shaar Shaar, for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, and Piano Quartet
OTA, Takeshi
- Broken Continuum, for Solo Viola and 13 Dancers
- Suite, for Viola and Marimba
PAGANINI, NICOLO
- Quartet No. 15, for Viola, Violin, Cello, and Guitar
- Terzetto Concertante, for Viola, Cello, and Guitar
PART, Arvo - Es sang vor langen Jahren for Alto, Violin and Viola
PAULUS, Stephen - Exotic Variations, for Solo Viola, and Piano Quartet
PIAZZOLLA, Astor - Four for Tango, for String Quartet
POWERS, Dan - The Rain is Full of Ghosts, for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
PROKOFIEV, Sergei - Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass
PUCCINI, Giacomo
- Crisantemi, for String Quartet
- Requiem, for Solo Viola, Choir and Organ
RABUSHKA, Aaron - Ballade Op. 9, for Piano Quartet
RAVEL, Maurice
- Introduction et Allegro, for Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet, and Harp
- Three Songs after Mallarmé, for Mezzo-soprano, two Flutes, Two Clarinets, String Quartet and Piano
READ THOMAS, Augusta - Invocations No. 2, for String Quartet
REED, Russell - All the Lovely Candles, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola, and Piano
REGER, Max - Cantata Meinem Jesu Laß ich nicht, for Solo violin, Solo viola, choir and organ
RESPIGHI, Ottorino - Il Tramonto, for Mezzo-soprano, and String Quartet
REUTTER, Herrmann - Five Antique Odes on poems by Sappho, for viola, mezzo-soprano, and piano
REYNOLDS, Graham - Jabberwocky, for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
ROLLA, Alessandro
- Sonata in C Major, for Viola and Bass
- Sonata in Eb Major, for Viola with Violin accompaniment
- Trio Concertante, for Violin, Viola, and Cello
ROREM, Ned - Serenade on Five English Poems, for Mezzo-soprano, Violin, Viola, and Piano
ROUSSEL, Albert - Trio, for Flute, Viola, and Cello
RUSHEN, Patrice - Psalms, for String Quartet
SAINT-GEORGES, Chevalier de - String Quartet Op. 1 No. 1
SAINT-SAENS Camille
- Septet
- The Carnival of the animals (Chamber version)
SANTORE, Jonathan - Front Porch Poems, for Contralto, Viola, and PIano
SCHICKELE, Peter
- Monochrome IV, for six Violas
- Viola Dreams, for String Quartet
SCHNITTKE, Alfred
- Piano Quintet
- Polka, for String Quartet
SCHOENBERG, Arnold - Sextet “Verklärte Nacht”
SCHUBERT, Franz
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, version for Soprano, Viola and Piano
- Gesang der Geister über den Wässern, for two Violas, two Cellos, Double-bass, and Male Choir
- Octet
- Overture D. 8, for two Violins, two Violas, and Cello
- Quartet, for Flute, Guitar, Viola and Cello
- String Quartet D. 18
- String Quartet D. 804 “Rosamunde”
- String Quartet D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”
- String Quintet D. 956, for two Violins, Viola, two Cellos
- The “Trout” Quintet
SCHULHOFF, Erwin - String Sextet
SCHUMANN, Robert
- Piano Quartet
- Piano Quintet
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri - Piano Quintet
- String Quartets Nos. 1, 3, 7 & 8
- Unfinished Quartet
SMETANA, Bedrich - String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life”
SMITH, Larry Allan - The Scrolls, for Tenor, Flute, Clarinet, and Viola
SPOHR, Louis - Duet Op. 13, for Violin and Viola
STRAUSS, Richard - String Sextet from “Capriccio”
STRAVINSKY, Igor - Three Songs from Shakespeare, for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Clarinet, and Viola
TANN, Hilary - Duo, for Viola and Oboe
TANNER, Robert - Conch Shell Memories, for String Octet
TELEMANN, G.P. - Partie Polonaise, for two Violas and Continuo
THEOFANIDIS, Christopher
- Ariel Ascending, String Quartet
- O Vis Aeternitatis, for Piano Quintet
THOMSON, Virgil - Four Songs to the poems of Thomas Campion, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola, Clarinet, and Harp
TORKE, Michael - Music on the floor, for String Quintet, Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, and Piano
TURINA, Joaquin
- Erato from “Las Musas de Andalucia,” for Soprano, and String Quartet
- Scene Andalouse, for Solo Viola, String Quartet, and Piano
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, Ralph - Four Hymns, for Tenor, Viola, Piano
WADDLE, P. Kellach
- Chamber Cantata, for Mezzo-soprano, Violin, Viola, and Bass
- Ours is essentially a Tragic Age, for String trio
- Reflections on Emily Dickinson, for Viola and Flute
- The Burning of Atlanta, for String quintet
- Ulysses, for String quintet
WAGNER, Richard - Siegfried Idyll (chamber version)
WALKER, George - Lyric for Strings
WEBERN, Anton - Langsamer Satz, for String Quartet
WELCHER, Dan - Remembrance in Black and White, for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, and Piano Quartet
ZWILLICH, Ellen-Taaffe - String Trio
Chamber and Solo Works Premiered
BACH, Jan - The Viola, from “People of note,” for Viola and Tenor
BLOLAND, Per - Prelude-Dissent, for String Quartet
BURKE, Patrick - String Quartet No. 1
CUMBO, Jeremy
- Ardor, for Solo Viola
- Film Music, for Viola and Live Electronics
- Permanent Change, for String Quartet
DEEMER, Rob
- Be Thou my Lord, for Soprano, Viola, and Piano
- Cuba, for two Violins, two Violas, Cello, Bass and Narrator
- Erotica, for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
- Elizabeth, for Viola and Mezzo-soprano
- I Saw thee on thy Bridal Day, for Mezzo Soprano, and Viola
- La Maja Dolorosa, versions for Soprano, Viola, and Piano, Soprano-Saxophone, Viola, Piano, and two Violas and Piano
DEMPSTER, Thomas - Reflets au-delà du ciel, for Viola and Interactive Electronics
DING, Ni - The Non Zen Land, for String Quartet
GRANTHAM, Donald - Son of Cimetière, for Viola and Piano
HARTMANN, John - Reflector, for String Quartet
HEWITT, Alan - “I carry your heart”, for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet
HIGDON, Jennifer - Sonata, for Viola and Piano (Texas premiere)
KIMURA, Yasuto - The Year 1998 “Fin de Siècle,” for String Quartet
KOLM, Jonathan
- Traveler, for Viola and Piano
- Night Poems for Viola and Choir
LYONS, David - Trio Nocturne, for Violin, Viola and Piano
MISHELL, Kathryn - The Pleiades, for seven players
MOSS, Pete - 4.1, for String Quartet and Live Electronics
NORMAN, James
- Fragmentary Blue, for Six Violas
- Like Social Elephants, for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, String Octet, Double-bass, and Piano
OTA, Takeshi
- Broken Continuum, for Solo Viola and 13 Dancers
- Suite, for Viola and Marimba
READ THOMAS, Augusta - Invocations No. 2, for String Quartet (New York Premiere of complete work)
REED, Russell - All the Lovely Candles, for Mezzo-soprano, Viola, and Piano
REYNOLDS, Graham - Jabberwocky, for Contralto, Viola, and Piano
RUDIN, Andrew - Viola Sonata (Texas Premiere)
TANNER, Robert - Conch Shell Memories, for String Octet
WADDLE, P. Kellach
- Chamber Cantata, for Mezzo-soprano, Violin, Viola, and Bass
- Ours is essentially a Tragic Age, for String trio
- Reflections on Emily Dickinson, for Viola and Flute
- The Burning of Atlanta, for String quintet
- Ulysses, for String quintet
ZHOU, Long - Wild Grass, for Solo Viola (premiere of the Viola version)
Concertante Works (*=performed with orchestra)
BACH, JS
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6*
- Concerto for Viola in Eb Major
BERLIOZ, Hector - Harold in Italy, for Viola and Orchestra*
BRUCH, Max
- Concerto for Clarinet and Viola
- Romanze, for Viola and Orchestra
HINDEMITH, Paul
- Kammermusik No. 5, for Viola and Orchestra
- Schwanendreher Concerto, for Viola and orchestra
- Trauermusik, for Viola and Orchestra*
HOFFMEISTER, F.A. - Viola Concerto
MARTINU, Bohuslav - Rhapsody Concerto, for Viola and orchestra
MOZART, W.A. - Sinfonia Concertante, for Violin, Viola and Orchestra*
PLEYEL, Ignaz - Viola Concerto
SCHNITTKE, Alfred - Viola Concerto
STAMITZ, Karl - Concerto in D, for Viola and Orchestra*
TELEMANN, G.P.
- Concerto, for two Violas
- Viola Concerto*
WALTON, William - Concerto, for Viola and Orchestra
WEBER, Carl Maria von - Andante and Rondo Ungarese, for Viola and Orchestra
ZELTER, C.F. - Viola Concerto
Works Conducted
Leroy ANDERSON
- Christmas Festival
- Blue Tango
JS BACH: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
JS BACH/STOKOWSKY. Passacaglia, BWV 582 in C minor
Samuel BARBER: Adagio for Strings
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
- Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op.43
- Symphony No.1
- Symphony No. 2
- Symphony No. 4
Hector BERLIOZ.
- La Belle Voyageuse, for Contralto and orchestra
- “Marche au Supplice” from Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
- Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Georges BIZET. “Galop (Le Bal)” from Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22. No.12
Kenji BUNCH: For our Children’s Children: Reflections on the Lincoln Legacy
Paul CRESTON: “Midnight-Mexico” from Airborne Suite
Robert DAVIDSON: A Short Hour Unseen
Antonin DVORAK: In nature's realm
George GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
Joseph HAYDN: Symphony No.45 “Farewell” in F sharp minor (Mvts I and IV)
Aram KHATCHATURIAN: Masquerade Suite
JB LULLY: “Grande Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs” from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Anatoly LYADOV: Fragment from the Apocalypse, Op. 66
Arturo MÁRQUEZ: Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Felix MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Op.26
WA MOZART
- Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527
- Piano Concerto No. 20
- Symphony No. 31 “Paris”, K.297 in D Major
David POPPER: “Harlequin” from Masked Ball, Op.3 No.1, for cello and orchestra
Giachinno ROSSINI: "Una voce poco fa" from the Barber of Seville
Gary SCHLECTA: Condensed Concert
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: “Polka” from The Golden Age, Op. 22
Jean SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, Op.44 No. 1
Johann STRAUSS: Frühlingstimmen
Giuseppe VERDI: Un Ballo in Maschera, Prelude to Act II
Antonio VIVALDI. Concerto per la Solennità di S. Lorenzo, RV 556 in C Major