REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF VIOLA REPERTOIRE compiled by Donald McInnes viola.com/mcinnes Please note that although pieces are listed in order of technical difficulty, all are presentable in a concert program.
Level I - Level II - Level III - Level IV - Etudes LEVEL I Amran, D. Bach, CPE Bach, CPE Bach, JC Bach, JCF Bach, JS Bach, JS The Wind and the Rain Solfeggietto Sonata in G minor in C minor Double in Eb major for Viola & Piano Air, for Viola & Piano Aria, "Bist du bei mir", for Viola & Piano Bach, JS Sinfonia for Viola & Piano from Cantata #29 Bach, JS Bach, JS Bach, WF Baker, M. Bartok Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Fantasia in C minor for Violin & Viola Three Viola Duos Counterplay Forty-four Duos for Two Violas Beale, J. Ballade, op. 23 Berlioz Bizet Bloch Boccherini Bohm, C. Brahms Brahms Bruch Campagnoli Cannabich, C. Carter, E. Aria from Damnation of Faust for Voice, Viola, and Piano Adagietto Meditation & Processional Sonata in G major Perpetual Motion Soft Strains of Music Drifting Two Hungarian Dances Kol Nidrei for Viola & Piano Theme and Variations for Viola & Piano Six Duos for Viola & Violin Elegy Page 1 of 17
Cassado Chopin-Vardi Chopin Chopin Chopin Collet, H. Corelli Requiebros Nocturne in C# minor, op. posth. Nocturne in C minor, op. posth. Prelude in E minor, for Viola & Piano Prelude in Bb major, for Viola & Piano Rapsodie Castillane for Viola & Orch. La Folia for Viola & Piano Corelli Sonata in D minor, op. 5 #8 Creston Dargomyzhsky Debussy Debussy Dittersdorf Dello Joio Donizetti Suite Elegy The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Beau Soir Sonata in Eb major Lyric Fantasies for Viola & Orch. Romanza for Voice, Viola, & Piano Dvorak Bagatelle, op. 47 #3 Dvorak Sonatina, op. 100 Dvorak Eccles Eichner Faure Faure Faure Faure Fick Fiocco Flackton Two Waltzes Sonata in G minor Six Duets, op. 10, for Violin & Viola Apres un reve Elegy Lamento Sicilienne Prelude in C minor for Solo Viola Allegro Sonata in G major Page 2 of 17
Frescobaldi Gal, H. Gardano, A. Glazunov Glazunov Granados Handel Handel d'hervelois Hoffmeister Hovhaness Howells, H. Toccata for Viola & Piano Suite, op. 102a Variations on "The King's Hunting Jigg" Elegie Meditation, op. 32, for Viola & Piano Orientale Sonata in E minor "Where'er you Walk", for Viola & Piano La Chambor (Allemande) Meditation Trauermusik in D major Talin- for Viola & String Orch. Elegy for Viola, String Quartet, & St. Orch. Hummel, B. Sonatina (1971) Hummel, B. Sonatina No. 2 (1973) Hummel, J. Sonata in Eb major, op. 5 #3 d'indy Lied Joachim Hebrew Melodies, op. 9 Joplin Kreisler Kreisler Kreisler-Oppelt Krenek Leclair Liszt Loeffler, Alfred Solace Liebeslied Liebesfreud Preghiera (In the Style of Martini) Six Sonatas for Two Violas Romance Oubliee Page 3 of 17
Loeillet Marais Marcello Marcello Marcello Minsky, A. Sonata in F# minor Five Provencal Dances Sonata in G major Sonata in C major Sonata in F major Three American Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola Moor, E. Prelude, op. 123 Mozart Three Sonatinas, K. 439b Onslow, G. Sonata in A major, op. 16 #3 Nardini Nardini Paganini Paradies Piston Poulenc Porter, Q. Primrose Purcell Purcell Sonata in F major Sonata in F minor for Viola & Piano Moto Perpetuo Toccata Interlude Air Grave Speed Etude for Viola & Piano Londonderry Air for Viola & Piano Air & Dances for Viola & Piano Sonata in G min for Viola & Piano Rachmaninoff Vocalise, op. 34 #14 Ravel Ravel Ries Rimsky-Kors. Roussel Schubert Schubert Pavane for a Dead Princess Piece en Forme de Habanera Perpetuum Mobile Dance of the Jester Aria The Bee Litany for All Soul's Day Page 4 of 17
Schumann Three Romances, op. 94 Serly, T. Shostakovich David of the White Rock Adagio Sitt, H. Concertpiece, op. 46 Stamitz, K. Stamitz, K. Stamitz, K. No. 1 in D major No. 2 in A major Six Duos for Two Violas Tchaikovsky Nocturne in D minor, op. 19 Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale, op.51 #6 Telemann Telemann Telemann Toch Vaughan-Will. Vaughan-Will. Vaughan-Will. Veracini Verrall, J. in G major in G major for Two Violas Sonata in D major Three Impromtus for Solo Viola Fantasia on Greensleeves Four Hymns for Voice, Viola, & Piano Six Studies on English Folk Songs Largo Sonatina Vivaldi in D minor, op.3 #6 Vivaldi Walter, D. Sonata in A major Hommage to Casals LEVEL II Bacewicz, G. Polish Caprice Bach, JS Brandenburg #6 Bach, JS Bach, JS Six Cello Suites Three Gamba Sonatas Page 5 of 17
Bach, WF Bates, D. Bax Bax Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beglarian, G. Benjamin, A. Benjamin, A. Berkeley, Lennox Biggs, J. Binder, CS Bloch Boccherini Boccherini Borodin Brahms Bruch Bruch Burkhard, W. Sonata in C minor Suena, Gestures & Interludes Legend Seven Variations from the "Magic Flute" Trio, op. 87, for 3 Violas Two Romances Diversions for Viola, Cello, & Orch. From San Domingo Jamaican Rumba Sonata in D min. for Viola & Piano Invention for Viola & Tape Sonata in D major Hebraique Suite Sonata in A major Sonata in C min. for Viola & Piano Nocturne & Scherzo Two Songs Double, op. 88, for Viola & Clarinet Romanze, op. 85, for Viola & Orch. Burkhard, W. Sonata for Solo Viola, op. 59 Carter, E. Castelnuovo-Tedesco Castelnuovo-Tedesco Chailley, Jacques Chihara, P. Pastoral Sonata for Violin & Viola "Suite 508" for Viola & Piano Duo Concertante for Violin & Viola Page 6 of 17
Clarke, R. Cooley, C. Couperin Dittersdorf Dvorak Finney, RL Finney, RL Freed, I. Etude Suite for Solo Viola La Precieuse Sinfonia Concertante for Viola, Bass, Orch. Romance Sonata No. 1 in A major Second Sonata Rhapsody Fricker Fantasy for Viola & Piano, op. 44 Gal, H. Divertimento, op. 90 #3 for Violin & Viola Gal, H. Sonata, op. 101 Gardner, M. Gardner, M. Glinka Rhapsody for Viola & Orch. Tricinium, Sonata for Solo Viola Sonata in D minor Grieg Sonata in A minor, op. 36 Handel, D. Handel Handoshkin Handoshkin Harris, R. Haydn Heiden, B. Mooncycle for Soprano, Viola & Piano in B minor in C major Variations on A Russian Song of Love Soliloquy & Dance Divertimento Sonata Hessenberg, K. Sonata, op. 94 Duo for Viola & Cello Sonata, op. 25 #4 (1922) Holst Lyric Movement for Viola & Small Orch. Hubay Morceau de Concert for Viola & Orch., op. 20 Page 7 of 17
Hummel Husa, Karel Fantasy Poem for Viola & Chamber Orchestra Joachim Variations, op. 10 Jongen, J. Allegro Appassionato, op. 79 Juon, P. Sonata, op. 15 Kabalevsky Improvisation Kiel, F. Three Romances, op. 69 Kodaly Kreisler Kreisler-Oppelt Adagio for Viola & Piano Praeludium & Allegro Tambourin Chinois Krol, B. Lassus-Variationen, op. 33 Lipinski, K. Loeffler Loeffler Marais Martinu Mendelssohn Moussorgsky Impromptu-Etude Quartre Poemes for Voice, Viola, & Piano Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, & Piano Suite in D major Madrigals for Violin & Viola Sonata in C minor Hopak Mozart Two Duos for Violin & Viola, K. 423 & 424 Novacek Persichetti Piston Pochon, A. Porter, Q. Porter, Q. Prokofiev Rawsthorne, Alan Perpetual Motion Infanta Marina for Viola & Piano Duo for Viola & Cello Passacaglia for Viola Solo Duo for Viola & Harp (or Harpsichord) Danse de Jeunes Antillaises Page 8 of 17
Rolla Idylls for Solo Viola Schumann Adagio & Allegro, op. 70 Schumann Senaille Marchenbilder Allegro Spirituoso Shtrum, Haim Invenzione con Spirito, Sonata for Solo Viola (1991) Simons, N. Spisak, M. Songs for Wendy, for Voice & Viola Duetto Concertante, for Viola & Bassoon Stevens, H. Suite (1959) Stevens, H. Suite (1969) Suderburg, R. Telemann Turina, J. Vaughan-Will. Vaughan-Will. Verrall, J. Vieuxtemps Chamber Music VI, 3 Movements for Viola & Double Bass Twelve Fantasies for Solo Viola Scene Andalouse for Viola, St. Qt., & Piano Suite (8 mvts.) Romance Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano Capriccio for Solo Viola Vieuxtemps Elegie, op. 30 Villa-Lobos Ward, R. Weber, KM Whitaker, Michael Williamson, M. Wilson, G. Duo for Violin & Viola Arioso & Tarantella Variations for Viola & Piano "If Buifs" for Solo Viola Partita for Viola on Themes of Walton Winters, G. Sonata No. 1, op. 8 Wolf, H. Wranitzky Italian Serenade, for Viola & Orch. for Two Violas & Orch. Page 9 of 17
LEVEL III Bacewicz Bach-Kodaly Babbitt, M. Beethoven Beethoven Berkowitz, S. Berlioz Bliss Bloch Bozza Brahms Four Capricci Fantasia Cromatica Composition for Viola & Piano Eyglass Duo for Viola & Cello Notturno Introduction and Scherzo Harold in Italy Suite for Viola Solo Improvisation & Burlesque Sonata in D major, op. 78 (trans.) Brahms Sonata in F major, op. 120 #1 Brahms Sonata in Eb major, op. 120 #2 Britten Chihara, P. Cooper, P. Davies, PM Denniston, D. Despic Duisberg Enesco Finko Finko Forsyth, M. Franck Fricker Lachrymae Redwood, for Viola & Percussion Variants II for Viola & Piano The Door of the Sun, for Solo Viola "One Thought Fills Immensity" for Solo Viola Monologue (1979), op. 66 for Viola Solo Relativity's Rainbow for Viola & Bassoon Concertpiece for Viola & Orch. for Viola, St. Bass., & Orch. Steps, for Viola & Piano Sonata in A major Page 10 of 17
Fricker Thee Movements for Solo Viola, op. 25 Fuchs, L. Gardner, M. Gould, M. Handel-Halvorsen Handel-Holvorsen Hoddinott, Alun Honegger Janacek Kechley, D. Sonata Pastorale for Violin, Viola & Orch. Passacaglia for Violin and Viola Sarabande with Variations for Violin & Viola Sonata, op. 11 #4 for Viola & Piano Sonata, op. 25 #1 for Solo Viola Concertino for Viola & Small Orchestra Sonata Children's Rhymes for Solo Viola, Choir, & Piano Kimber, Michael Sonata for Solo Viola (1997) Kornauth, E. Sonata in C# minor, op. 3 Korngold Levin, H. Martinu Martinu Medins Milhaud Milhaud Milhaud Miletic, M. Four Pieces, op. 11 for Viola & Piano Seven Pieces for Viola & Piano Rhapsody- for Viola & Piano Quatre Visage for Viola & Piano Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano Morrill, Dexter Dance Bagatelles for Viola and Piano (1994) Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major, K. 354 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in A major, K. 104 Pasatieri Page 11 of 17
Pasatieri Patterson, P. Penderecki Persichetti Piston Porter Prokofiev Rolla, A. Reger Windsong, for Voice, Viola, & Piano Tides of Mananan, op. 64, for Solo Viola Cadenza for Solo Viola Parable for Solo Viola Suite for Viola Alone Theme & Processional from "Peter and the Wolf" Adagio and Theme with Variations Three Solo Suites, op. 131d Rochberg, G. (1979) Sapieyevski Schafer, G. Schubert Sculthorpe Serly, T. Shostakovich Shulman, A. Stravinsky Tircuit, H. for Viola & Winds Expressioni Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione" Sonata for Viola & Percussion Rhapsody on Folk Songs for Viola & Orch. Sonata, op. 147, for Viola & Piano Theme & Variations for Viola and Orch. Elegie, for Solo Viola Sonata (Homage to Mahler) Tufts, P. Sonata (1967) Tufts, P. Suite Tufts, P. Sonata (1978) Tufts, P. Three Pieces for Violin & Viola (1981) Vaughan-Will. Verrall, J. Vitali Vitetta Flos Campi for Viola, Ch. Choir, & Ch. Orch. Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano Chaccona for Viola & Piano Etude Caprice, No. 1 in E minor Page 12 of 17
Weber Wellesz Andante & Rondo Ongarese for Viola & Orch. Rhapsody for Viola Solo Wieniawski Alla Saltarella, op. 10 #5 Wieniawski Alla Saltarella, op. 18 #4 Wieniawski Wilson, E. Wilson, G. Scherzo-Tarantella Winters, G. Sonata No. 2, op. 57 LEVEL IV Bach, JS Bartok Bekku Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Bergsma Bergsma Berio Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Viola Elegy, Waltz, & Toccata Le Tombeau de Ravel Romantic Fantasy, for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra Fantastic Variations on a themes from "Tristan" Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung; Tristan Revisited; for Viola & Orch. Sequenza Bloch Suite (1919) Bozza Colgrass Dahl, I. Draganski Epstein, D. Fink, P. Friedman, JP Parthie Variations for Four Drums & Viola Divertimento for Viola and Piano Variations for Solo Viola Fantasy Variations for Solo Viola Fantasy for Solo Viola (in the form of Variations) for Viola & Orch. Page 13 of 17
Ghent, E. Gould, M. Entelechy, Concertpiece for Viola & Piano Concertette Hamilton, Iain, op. 9 Kammermusik No. 5, op. 36 #4 Konzertmusik Der Schwanendreher Sonata op. 11 #5 for Solo Viola Sonata (1939) for Viola & Piano Jacob, G. No. 1 Jacob, G. No. 2 Kelterborn Mead, A. Nine Moments Sonata for Solo Viola Milhaud No. 1 Milhaud No. 2 Musgrave Nixon, R. Paganini Paganini Paganini Paganini Paganini Paganini Schuman, W. Serly, T. Serly, T. Starer, R. Suderburg, R. Elegy for Viola & Cello La Campanella 24 Caprices Caprice #13 for Viola & Piano Caprice #20 for Viola & Piano Caprice #24 for Viola & Piano Sonata for Grand Viola & Orch. on Old English Rounds, for Viola, Women's Chorus, & Orch. Sonata in modus Lascivus for Solo Viola for Viola, Strings, & Percussion Solo Music II, Ritual Lyrics and Dances for Solo Viola Page 14 of 17
Szentkiralyi Verrall, J. Monologo for Solo Viola Vieuxtemps Sonata in Bb major for Viola & Piano, op. 36 Walton Zimmerman Zimbalist Sonata for Viola Solo Sarasateana, Suite of Spanish Dances ETUDES Wohlfahrt (In order of difficulty) Foundation Studies for the Viola Blumenstengel 24 Studies, op. 33 Kayser 36 Studies, op. 20 Mogill Schradieck Reher, S. Selected Etudes School of Viola Technique 12 Studies for Viola Dont 24 Etudes, op. 37 Kruetzer Rode Rolla Hoffmeister Etudes 24 Caprices Esercizio ed Arpegio Viola Etudes Campagnoli 41 Caprices, op. 22 Fuchs, L. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, L. 15 Characteristic Studies 16 Fantasy Etudes Caprices Palaschko Twelve Studies, op. 36 Palaschko Twelve Studies, op. 55 Kimber, Michael Twelve Caprices Palaschko Ten Studies, op. 49 Page 15 of 17
Schloming 24 Etudes, op. 15 Paganini 24 Caprices viola.com/mcinnes Page 16 of 17