Partitions pour instruments à cordes

Dance Sonata for Solo Viola

For Viola and Piano

Pann's Differences is originally a suite for cello and piano; comprised of five short movements; very much like a Baroque suite or partita. The individual pieces; however; are radically different from...

Composed for the Swedish virtuoso Kim Hellgren; Clint Needham's 9-minute Viola Muisc is a dramatically-paced powerhouse in three movements. The opening Perpetual Motion and Cadenza is a dazzling ride;...

Martin Amlin's Kennel is a suite of seven movements; each inspired by one of the seven groups of dog breeds defined by the American Kennel Club. Kennel's music has all the charm suggested by its warm...

Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo viola. Within the reach of younger players, Prayer has been championed by top pro...

For Sydney is a Lullaby and Dance named for the composer's young daughter; and one can hear the household calm followed by the burst of spirited exuberance in these paired movements. Part of Harberg's...

The American Guild of Organists celebrated its 2016 annual convention by commissioning Adolphus Hailstork to create a one-movement work for Viola and Organ, for which Hailstork created the haunting Le...

Fiery and funky, Spark is a 3-minute ride commissioned by conductor Kirk Smith for his daughter, the young viola virtuoso Yvonne Smith, whose stunning YouTube performance of the work has brought Spark...

Stately yet folklike, CEREMONIAL is a graceful 4-minute work in comfortable reach of intermediate students, and equally attractive for advanced and professional violists to exercise their cantabile. T...

MEDITATION ON THE NAME BACH is an alluring 4-minute work, perfectly described by its title. The piece begins with Bb-A-C-B natural, which is the musical transliteration of B-A-C-H in German-language n...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for viola and piano. It depicts the composer"s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyomin...

For Solo Viola. Duration 13:30.

For Viola. Composed 1987. Duration 9:00.

Transcriber by the composer from the original version for cello and piano

For Viola and Piano

For Viola and Piano

Long-celebrated as a fount of new repertoire for strings; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (who played violin in the American Symphony under Stokowski and studied with Galamian) has created a wealth of chamber wo...

The two-movement VAPORS was composed in 2008-09; inspired by the composer's visit to artist Constance DeJong's studio. Leisner was moved by her large two-paneled Nitrate Painting XVI; and he has writt...