The Wellerman sea shanty arranged for viola duo by Alison Gillies.


Watch: https://youtu.be/RTVulyHbccY

Originally for 2 violins and piano, this little gem from Shostakovich is a wonderful addition to the viola ensemble repertoire. Quite accessible to student ensembles and ventures into some interesting chromatic passages.

Here are 10 great pieces arranged for pure solo viola - no piano required! This collection has more than 40 minutes of classical and patriotic songs ideally suited for formal recitals, wedding celebrations, and background music gigs.

These are not just lame copies of the melody line; they are all fully worked out arrangements designed to be as rich as possible and to highlight the viola. These are direct transcriptions of the original "Pure Cello" series, now available for viola. As a professional cellist, I originally arranged these pieces for my personal use, and I have performed every one of them in public.

These are fairly challenging pieces; I would compare their difficulty to Bach Cello Suite #2 on the easy side and Bruch Cello Concerto on the harder side. But with some practice you will have some amazing additions to your solo repertoire.

Each of the songs in this collection is also available separately, but buying the full volume saves you over 60%.

Volume 1 contains the following:
1. Strauss Blue Danube Waltz
2. Dvorak Goin' Home (Largo from "New World" Symphony #9)
3. Schubert Ave Maria
4. Faure Apres un reve
5. Tchaikovsky Melodie
6. Marais Le Tableau de l'Operation de la Taille (Depiction of a Bladder Stone Operation)
7. Joplin The Entertainer
8. Calistri-Yeh Variations on "My Country 'Tis of Thee"
9. Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
10. Ward America the Beautiful

If you enjoyed Volume 1, you'll love Volume 2. Here are 10 more great pieces arranged for pure solo viola - no piano required! This collection has more than 30 minutes of classical and patriotic songs ideally suited for formal recitals, wedding celebrations, and background music gigs.

These are not just lame copies of the melody line; they are all fully worked out arrangements designed to be as rich as possible and to highlight the viola. These are direct transcriptions of the original "Pure Cello" series, now available for viola. As a professional cellist, I originally arranged these pieces for my personal use, and I have performed every one of them in public.

These are fairly challenging pieces; I would compare their difficulty to Bach Cello Suite #2 on the easy side and Bruch Cello Concerto on the harder side. But with some practice you will have some amazing additions to your solo repertoire.

Each of the songs in this collection is also available separately, but buying the full volume saves you over 60%.

Volume 2 contains the following:
1. Bach Toccata in D Minor
2. Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
3. Bizet Carmen Medley
4. Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Introduction & Love Theme
5. Tchaikovsky Symphony #5, Finale (excerpt)
6. Debussy Clair de Lune
7. Sousa Washington Post March
8. Vieuxtemp Variations on "Yankee Doodle"
9. Meacham American Patrol
10. Smith The Star-Spangled Banner

'Classical Highlights' presents the best-known and most popular performance pieces of the classical repertoire in arrangements for viola and piano. Every viola player looking for a popular classic for lessons or recitals will make a find here. Suitable repertoire for musical accompaniment at weddings and funerals can be found here as well. To make practising easier, backing tracks can be downloaded as MP3 files. The piano accompaniment is available in PDF format. Contents: Bach, Air - Handel, Largo - Mendelssohn, Wedding March - Schumann, Träumerei - Schubert, Ave Maria - Elgar, March from 'Pomp and Circumstance' - Ravel, Bolero - Satie, Gymnopédie No. 1 - Kreisler, Liebesfreud - Liebesleid, and others.

A celebrated Baroque work, Pachelbel's "Canon in D" radiates warmth, beauty and serenity, all in a stylishly flowing, timeless way. A favorite for concerts, recitals and especially weddings (as a prelude, a bridal march, unity candle music, a bridesmaid processional or wedding recessional), this music is arranged as a piano quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano. This arrangement also makes a moving prelude, postlude or an offertory for traditional church services and other worship events. 15 pages of music (that includes separate two-page pullout parts for violin, viola and cello). Violin/Viola/Cello Level: Intermediate. Piano Level: Late Intermediate.

The New Antiquity collection includes 15 compositions for a violin and viola duo. Ten compositions from the collection, composed by anonymous authors from the Middle Ages and two Renaissance authors, Tielman Susato and Thoinot Arbeau, have been arranged by Sonja Kalajic. The other five pieces are original romantic compositions by Sonja Kalajic inspired by the spirit of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Beautiful hits of early music, or so-called music of antiquity, have been adapted to the modern and standard violin and viola duo in keeping with the newer instrumental and concertante possibilities of the said instruments. There is no evidence that anyone has adapted that kind of music for such a musical ensemble before, so this edition of musical scores represents a noteworthy contribution to the greater affirmation of early music, to the literature of the string duet in question, and to music in general. From the technical point of view, the collection consists of compositions for almost all levels of performance ? from easier pieces by anonymous authors to some virtuoso ones, like ?Heraldry? by Sonja Kalajic. We hope that the compositions from the New Antiquity collection will enrich and refresh certain concert programs, that they will encourage some performers to attempt new interpretations of old melodies and dances, and that the musicians and the audiences will jointly feel and enjoy the indestructible and astonishing relevance of those musical compositions.

C O N T E N T S
Thoinot Arbeau ? Two pieces
Anonimus ? Three pieces
Tielman Susato ? Five pieces
Sonja Kalajic ? Five knightly pieces

Viola & Piano transcription.
Sheet music available for Violin, Viola, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophone accompanied by a Piano.
Backing track available!
https://dav987987.wixsite.com/davidkocijan

ISBN 9781682968628. 9 x 12 inches.

Five clever mixed duos of varying styles and keys for intermediate players and above. An extra viola part is included in the set for part 2. Sweet and Simple; Boom Shakalakalaka; Mournful; Happy Dance; Peasant Dance.

The Promise is a powerful emotional journey full of warmth, passion and positivity for Viola & Piano. The work brilliantly showcases both soloists using rich harmony, a dramatic melodic range and colourful thematic contrast. Accompaniment MP3 available from www.paulbarkermusic.com


Level: Intermediate (Grade 4 UK/Grade 2 USA)
Duration: 2:20
Occasion: Concert - Formal/Informal - Recitals - Competitions

This in an arrangement for Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Jesus Christ is Risen Today) in Bb Major for Violin and Viola duo, it has an Intro and an Interlude and some beautiful phrases.

As the title indicates, Sonatina for Viola and Piano closely follows sonata form
a somewhat smaller scale. Tonality and tonal relationships are basic to sonata form,
and in this sonatina, the tonal relationships within and between the movements are

all based on seconds. The movements are:

1. Allegro moderato, a fairly strict sonata-allegro in B minor.
2. Andante, a theme and variations in B-flat major, an enharmonic minor second
relationship to the outer movements.
3. Vivace, an abridged sonata-rondo in the home key of B minor

Grade 4+ Duration: 7:4