The Chester String Series has been providing high quality musical works for developing String Players for over 60 years. Viola Book 2 contains eleven pieces covering the 1st-3rd positions including works by John Eccles and Henry Purcell. Every piece has been appropriately arranged and edited for Viola and Piano by the renowned Viola teacher and arranger Peggy Radmall.

Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Etude for solo viola written in 2008 and revised in 2014. / Partitions classique / Cordes / Alto / CHESTER MUSIC

Haydn 'Symphonie des adieux' est une des oeuvres les plus jouées du répertoire symphonique. Le titre populaire ne découle pas de l'auteur, mais se réfère au mouvement final, à l'issue de laquelle (Adagio) les musiciens arrêter de jouer l'un après l'autre, ne laissant que deux violons à la fin des travaux. Selon une anecdote, sortie des musiciens était un moyen de faire référence aux exigences du travail d'orchestre à Esterháza à la fin de la saison.La publication de Haydn 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies - la symphonie des adieux et la Symphonie #48 (la soi-disant 'Maria Theresia' Symphony) - représente une continuation de la coopération entre Bärenreiter et la maison d'édition Henle pour les éditions des grandes oeuvres chorales , des opéras et des oeuvres symphoniques.Les publications sont basées sur le Henle 'édition complète des oeuvres de Joseph Haydn'.Les deux symphonies (BA BA 10971 et 10972) sera publiée avec une partition et les parties d'orchestre en vente dans un grand format. / Alto

Ce film original de Disney Channel raconte l'histoire de deux schoolers haute qui découvrent leur amour pour le chant et contester leurs cliques dans le processus. Ce recueil de chansons comprend neuf chansons de la bande originale de record, Best-seller, tout arrangé pour alto, avec spécialement enregistré des pistes de soutien. Chansons comprennent : Breaking gratuit, chef de la Get'cha dans le bâton de jeu, début de quelque chose de nouveau, le statu quo, ce que j'ai été Looking For et plus encore ! / Alto

Geoffrey Burgon's Six Studies were originally composed for solo cello. This transcription authorised by the composer has involved some changes in register and notes due to the different timbres and response of the viola and theconsiderable difference in physical size of the two instruments. This work was commissioned by the Portsmouth Festival with funds provided by Southen Arts. The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber at theCathedral Church of Old Portsmouth in June 1980.

The composer’s note on this copy of the autograph score has the following directions: ‘Out of the Night was written to be played in order to ‘greet the dawn’ outside St Catherine’s Monastery Sinai’ and it is recommended that the work be played outside or in a church or building with some resonance. The sound is Middle Eastern modal invoking the Orthodox Church with the Greek pronunciation of the single word ‘Alleluia’.Tavener was widely known as a composer of religious music and while this work does not fit any liturgical use it communicates the sacredness of a new day. Contemporary British composer John Tavener was that rare creature a composer of serious music andserious religious music who also achieved commercial success. He burst into the popular consciousness with the performance of his Song for Athene at the funeral of Princess Diana but had been a highly respected and frequently performed composer since the premiere of his dramatic cantata The Whale in 1968.

This work for viola chorus and percussion was commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus and was first performed in October 1994 at the Barbican Hall London by Yuri Bashmet and the London Symphony Chorus conducted by StephenWestrop.The remarkable text of the Troparion written by the great Byzantine poetess-nun Cassiana was the inspiration of The Myrrh-Bearer. The text informed the architecture of the music. The viola solo represents MaryMagdalen as the cello solo represented the Mother of God on The Protecting Veil. This is where the resemblance between the two pieces ends.In The Myrrh-Bearer the Chorus symbolises ‘us’ the ‘sins of the world’ from‘stylized dictatorships’ to ‘the frivolous inane escapist vanities of the world ’ the to cries of ‘help’ after the cosmic catastrophe and finally reaching an apocalyptic climax in the words ‘We have no king by Caesar;’ adownright condemnation of God in the Earthly power.In a surreal way the Magdalen’s ‘sin’ shines through in the viola music because she recognises the Godhead and the endless ‘Kyrie eleison’ chanted by the semi-chorusrepresents her repentance and whatever is left of a ‘repentant’ world.The Myrrh-Bearer explores the whole range of the viola climbing from the depths up to the highest notes and then falling again at the end after theMagdalen’s recognition of the Risen Christ ‘Rabboni.’The last stroke of the gong in the viola’s final bottom C gives a deliberately ominous end to the piece.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail ourMail Order Department for further information.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir?s Sola for solo viola and pre-recorded electronics was composed for Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. The music, which features extended techniques, was inspired by the search for calm amidst chaos and turmoil.

Solo Viola part for Rolf Wallin's Under City Skin for viola string orchestra and surround sound.