What are some famous viola pieces?
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Bartók Viola Concerto.
What is the most famous viola piece?
The 7 best pieces EVER written for the viola
- Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata.
- Berlioz: Harold in Italy.
- Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante.
- Walton: Viola Concerto.
- Strauss: Don Quixote.
- Bartók: Viola Concerto.
- Schumann: Märchenbilder.
Who is the worlds best viola player?
FAMOUS VIOLA PLAYERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Paul Hindemith, a German composer who built his career in the 20th century, is perhaps the most famous composer and violist of all time.
- Carl Stamitz (1745-1801)
- William Primrose (1904-1982)
- Kim Kashkashian.
- Tabea Zimmerman.
Do violas get solos?
For example, there are some famous viola solos in the opera and ballet repertoire, where the principal viola in the orchestra is required to play solo. There are also some quite famous viola solos in symphonic repertoire, where it is the whole viola section that plays the solo, that is, the main line.
Is there a viola concerto?
Early examples of viola concertos include Telemann’s concerto in G major and several concertos by Carl Stamitz and other members of his family. The first concertante work to use the viola without caution was Mozart’s violin and viola Sinfonia Concertante.
What is the hardest viola concerto?
The “uber-concerti”, as I like to call them, are unquestionably the most difficult. These are the Penderecki, and Schnittke. They both share similar technical difficulties: very long, and technically brutal. Jumps all over the instrument, rhythms that just don’t sound “correct” to the ear, and extant harmonies.
What was the first viola concerto?
The best known Baroque composers were Bach, Haendel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Corelli. There are not many concertos for viola in the Baroque era. However, the first known viola concerto is a Baroque one, by Georg Phillip Telemann, read about it.
Did Beethoven play the viola?
At the age of 18 Beethoven was given a post as viola player in the Bonn court orchestra. After he had moved away from Bonn, the instrument was left behind with his violin teacher Franz Anton Ries, who was likewise a member of the orchestra. His descendants placed it at the disposal of the Beethoven-Haus.
What is the most expensive viola?
In 2014, the multinational fine art giant Sotheby’s attempted to sell one of the world’s rarest instruments at the highest price of all time—$45 million for the “Macdonald” Stradivarius viola of 1701. The now infamous sealed-bid auction made headlines across classical and mainstream media.
Who wrote music for viola?
Ernest Bloch, a Swiss-born American composer best known for his compositions inspired by Jewish music, wrote two famous works for viola, the Suite 1919 and the Suite Hébraïque for solo viola and orchestra.