For Viola and Piano this is the composer's first opused work. Premiered at the Wigmore Hall in July 1959 by Cecil Aronowitz and Margaret Kitchen.Wood: In 1957 I knew I had newly discovered the music of Schoenberg and hispupils and I knew at once that they were to show me the way forward for my music; as indeed they have ever since. The revelation was primarily an emotional experience for me and however imperfectly their influence wasreceived it was obviously reflected in the all-out chromaticism (new for me then) in the many chains of twelve notes or lesser chromatic formations (which do not here amount to serial working and have only rarely done sosince) in the characteristic harmonic and rhythmic formations the wide and sometimes angular intervals of the melodies and in general the introverted romanticism. Anyway I knew then that this was the sort of music that Ihenceforth would want to write and so I called these Variations my Opus One.The declamatory Introduction leads into the Theme heard on the viola. Six Variations follow of which No.3 is the most violent and No.4 the mostsustainedly lyrical. The recitative-like sixth variation leads into the Finale a more extended movement. The Theme returning on the piano leads to a climax at which there is a citation from Beethoven’s C minor Variations forpiano. Then their characteristics sequence of chords is heard on the piano as an accompaniment to the final statement of my own theme on the viola in the closing bars of the work.

In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, this book features all of the classic songs by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen arranged for viola with a fully orchestrated CD accompaniment. This book also contains dozens of original production stills, including four pages of colour, publicity photos, an essay on the story behind the songs and biographies of the composers. This book is compatible with others in the series. The CD includes a demo track of each song, with a live instrumental performance, and a playalong track. A separate, optional, piano accompaniment book is also available. It also includes a CD that features various instrument demo tracks. Over The Rainbow; Come Out, Come Out... ,It Really Was No Miracle; Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead; The Lullaby League ,The Lollipop Guild ,We Welcome You To Munchkinland; Follow The Yellow Brick Road ,We're Off To See The Wizard; If I Only Had A Brain; Optimistic Voices; The Merry Old Land Of Oz; The Jitterbug; If I Were King Of The Forest.

Solos for Viola-Nine songs from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera arranged for solo Viola: All I Ask of You · Angel of Music · Masquerade · The Music of the Night · The Phantom of the Opera · The Point of No Return · Prima Donna · Think of Me · Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again