More Time Pieces for Viola, Volume 2, Grades 4-7

Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces for Viola. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements, presented in chronological order, to take you from the seventeenth century right up to the present day.
• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus
• invaluable source of recital repertoire
• contrasting styles, from Schubert to Stravinsky and from Wagner to Weill
• arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades

Maggy Lamb played the viola with English National Opera and the Philharmonia Orchestra before taking up the post of Head of Strings at St Peter’s School in York. She now divides her time between teaching, performing and examining. Rachel Meredith is a Bristol University graduate. After a period performing both in the UK and abroad, she now teaches upper strings in York. Rachel is also a syllabus selector and examiner for ABRSM.

Contents

• 1. Bourrée (from the Suite in G major) [Purcell, Henry]
• 2. Réjouissance (from Klingende Geographie) [Telemann, Georg Philipp]
• 3. Musette (from Alcina) [Handel, George Frideric]
• 4. Lied (from the Peasant Cantata) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• 5. Dance (from Sémiramide) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
• 6. Theme and Variations (from Baryton Trio No. 2) [Haydn, Joseph]
• 7. Contredance (from Contredances for J. R. Count Czernin) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
• 8. Minuet (from Serenade no. 1) [Beethoven, Ludwig van]
• 9. Allegramente (from Rondo for piano duet) [Weber, Carl Maria von]
• 10. Farewell to the Woods (from Six Songs op. 59) [Mendelssohn, Felix]
• 11. Romance (from Die Zauberharfe) [Schubert, Franz]
• 12. Aria (from Il Corsaro) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
• 13. March (from Don Procopio) [Bizet, Georges]
• 14. Hoping in Vain (from Four Duets op. 3) [Dvorák, Antonín]
• 15. Song without Words op. 40 [Tchaikowsky, Peter I]