The Civic Orchestra of Abilene will feature three student soloists in the Tri-College Concerto-Aria Concert on Tuesday. The orchestra, which was formed in 2016, is composed of students from all three ...

Krzysztof Penderecki's Viola Concerto was commissioned in 1983 by the government of Venezuela to mark the bicentenary of birth of Simon Bolivar, the South American hero of the struggle for ...

Béla Bartók is the undisputed master among these three Hungarian composers of works for viola and orchestra. In the world of the viola, Tibor Serly (1901-78) is best-known as the man who made a ...

Throughout this season Jörg Widman is composer-performer in residence at Wigmore Hall, so this is a good time to find out more about his music. The German composer’s own instrument is the clarinet, ...

Few violists are born. Most have the instrument thrust upon them. In fact, the viola -- the overlooked stepchild of the orchestra’s string section -- is rarely studied as a first instrument at all.

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Poor viola! Neglected and ridiculed for centuries this (really very lovely) instrument has been the receiving end of many a joke and jibe. Berlioz, who had a soft spot for the viola, believed it to be ...

It’s late autumn — viola time. The viola should perhaps be the instrument of summer. Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom. But falling between the violin’s soaring ...

What’s the difference between a viola and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. Those damn viola jokes! Though usually good-natured and funny, they nonetheless belittle a ...

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, "Steppenwolf" Lawrence Power, Viola Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor Absence Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor ...

Concerto for Strings Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Ottavio Dantone Accademia Bizantina Concerto for Strings Accademia Bizantina Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Ottavio Dantone Concerto for Strings Ottavio ...