Viola solo pieces for an audition?
This question makes no sense because certain pieces are enjoyable for certain people, and one of these pieces may be the one, or perhaps all of these pieces for all we know. Play some of Paganini's Caprices specially written from the viola. There are more for the violin, but these pieces are awesome. That's IF you have the experience. We don't know your experience, so it's hard to say what pieces would be good for an audition. You need to keep in mind that your audition pieces you should be able to play very well, if not almost perfectly. Best wishes.
Viola Pieces for Auditions?
Well.. I'm auditioning for a city youth orchestra. Do you know any beautiful and slow songs I could do? If you do, can you please leave a pdf file or a link to the song's sheet music..? Thanks in advance.
What are the most well known viola solo pieces?
Viola solo pieces? The JS Bach unaccompanied sonatas and partitas for solo viola are great.. other unaccompanied pieces for viola are Bach -Kodaly Fantasia Cromatica, Miroslav Miletic’s Monadio for. viola solo, Justus Weinreich’s 3 suites for solo viola, Alessandro Rolla wrote many nice pieces for solo viola , Alan Hovhaness wrote Chahagir opus 56a for viola solo, Hilary Tann wrote “the Cresset Stone” for viola solo. Eugene Ysaye. wrote his. sonata for viola solo opus 28. Vieuxtemps “Capriccio”, Aaron Minsky’s 3 American pieces. Katrina Wreede wrote some Bop caprices, Fjodor Druschinin wrote a sonata for solo viola, Paul Muller Zurich wrote a nice sonata for solo viola. Robert E. Smith composed 6 unaccompanied viola sonatas in the old fashioned style.For viola solo with orchestra there is the Telemann concerto for viola in G. Vanhal wrote a concerto in C, Cambini wrote a concerto in D. Bartok wrote a famous viola concerto, There is Mozart’s symphony concertante for. solo viola and solo violin with orchestra, Stamitz , Hoffmeister, Zelter, Martinu, and George Benda wrote some nice viola concertos. and of course there is Berlioz’s Harold in Italy with the famous viola solos. Carl Stamitz also composed a Symphonie Concertante for solo viola and solo violin . Walton viola concerto is pretty famous.
What are some cool pieces for violin and cello?
The Big Guns have already been mentioned, and there is also:Gliere Huit Morceaux (lovely)Mark Summer Julie-O (very cute small piece)Boccherini D maj.Pleyel 3 DuetsBartok Hungarian Folk DancesHoffmeister D maj.Haydn D maj.Erwin Shulhoff (AMAZING PIECE!))
Can anyone help me with some ideas for an impressive viola solo?
It would help if we had an idea of your level. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote quite a few lush pieces for viola. Transcriptions of movements from the Bach cello suites or the violin sonatas and partitas might be appropriate. The Britten Lachrymae is a beautiful piece and not too difficult.
Are there any pieces written for viola, flute, and piano?
As a professional flutist, this is one of my favorite combination! Here are a list of Flute, Viola and Piano music. This is a very nice combination of instrument, with great texture. Enjoy! Alpher: Atlantic Legend Bloch: Concertino Buss: Tennessee Suite Cima: Capriccio e Due Sonate a Due Couperin: Concerts Ryaux 1-4 Durufel: PRelud, Recitativ, & Variations, op.3 Kuffner: Serenade, op. 10 Kummer: Trio Originale Locatelli: Trio #2 in B-flat Simonetti: Due Sonate a Tre Telemann: Triosonata in g Telemann: Triosonata in c Telemann: Triosonata in F Telemann: Triosonata in b Telemann: Triosonata in F Telemann: Triosonata in a All these music can be purchased at http://fluteworld.com
I need a hard viola solo?
The J. C. Bach concerto is about the same level as the Hoffmeister, as is the Handel-Casadesus in b minor. Then there are the Vaughan-Williams Suites for viola and orchestra. Unaccompanied, try the Bach cellos suites. Those are often requested at auditions. For viola and piano, it's wide open. The J S Bach Gamba sonatas are popular. Try the Britten Lachrymae or the Hindemith Trauermusik if you want something slow and luscious. The Eccles sonata is another standard.
So I am a pretty good violin player and I am looking for a good classical piece to play, but I don't want one that is hard. What piece should I start with?
Here are some of my suggestions.I don’t really know what you mean by “pretty good,” so I’ll just include any piece that I think a “pretty good” violin player should be able to play.The 1st movement of Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.Might be kind of hard. For players who are used to 5 ~ 7th positions.Canon in D by PachelbelWill most likely be pretty easy.Allegro by Fiocco.Will be easy. Only goes up to 3rd position.Vivaldi concerto for 3 violins in F majorThis is a group piece though, so you can really only play this if you have other people to play with.2nd and 3rd violin should be manageable. It does go up to 5th position, if I remember correctly.1st violin might be hard.Orchestra parts will be a stroll in the park.Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356 Op 3 No 6, by Vivaldi.Will be manageable.In my opinion, I highly suggest playing pieces by Vivaldi. He made a lot of great violin pieces for intermediate players.Also, stay away from Paganini’s Caprices. Like… obviously.Happy practice!
Which, in your opinion, sounds better and why: Violin or Viola?
Viola. ... squeaky high things drive me nuts.
What are some nice, intermediate-level viola solos?
try not to listen to too much rubbish about not finding music for viola cleff. solos for the viola are awesome in order of difficulty from least to greatest heres a few: La Cinquantaine (Solo Time for strings book 4 -viola) Bouree (same book as above) Concerto No.1...3rd movement by F. Seitz (Suzuki viola school vol 4) Concerto No. 5...1st movement by F. Seitz (same as above) Bach 6 cello suites, suite 1 (adapted for the viola) im not sure if u can findthese in sheet music but u can try. take a listen to each of these if u'd like on youtube so u can get a feel for the level of difficulty