All Viola articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Steven Tenenbom, Schumann Märchenbilder
The American viola soloist, chamber musician, and teacher explores how to find your own sense of character and flow in the first two contrasting pieces. From March 2019
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Paul Neubauer on Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata - second and third movements
Violist Paul Neubauer considers the merits of a more Classical interpretation for this often over-romanticised work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 in G major arranged for viola
Finding the correct articulation and paying close attention to the score is key to performing Bach’s masterpiece, in this guide by Antoine Tamestit
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven’s Symphony no.3 in E flat major ‘Eroica’: viola part
Roger Benedict provides practical tips for playing this cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Berlioz’s Harold in Italy
Violist Donald McInnes provides practical tips on performing the solo viola part of this Romantic work, in this article from 2012
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Reger’s Three Suites for Solo Viola, op.131d
Hartmut Rohde provides historical hints and practical tips for performing these innovative viola solos
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Glazunov Elegy in G minor for viola and piano op.44
Violist Paul Laraia explores the lyrical possibilities of this miniature masterpiece and the emotional journey on which it takes the listener
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: violist Emilie Hörnlund on Beethoven String Quartet op.59 no.1
Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund, of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, discusses how to achieve optimal articulation, balance and flow in the first movement of the first ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartet
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Bruch Romance for Viola and Orchestra op.85
Violist and composer Konstantin Boyarsky considers nerves, narrative and the influence of the opera in his discussion of this late Romantic piece
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VideoMasterclass: The Takács Quartet performs Brahms’s String Quartet no.3
Violist Richard O’Neill gives his thoughts on performing the work in the November 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Richard O’Neill on Brahms’ String Quartet no.3 op.67
The Takács Quartet violist looks at the first and third movements of this well-loved B flat major work, where his instrument is thrown into a rare spotlight
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Rainer Moog on Brahms’s Viola Sonata in F minor op.120 no.1
Viola pedagogue Rainer Moog revisits the original score for clarinet and reveals some alterations that may be better left unchanged, in this article from the August 2015 issue of The Strad
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Focus‘I think of the countryside when I play this’ - Antoine Tamestit on the third movement of Brahms’ Viola Sonata op.120 no.1
In this extract from the August 2021 Masterclass, violist Antoine Tamestit guides us through the Austrian countryside through rustic dance and seamless legato
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Antoine Tamestit on Brahms Viola Sonata op.120 no.1 third and fourth movements
Folk dance and fireworks all feature in Antoine Tamestit’s discussion of the third and fourth movements, in the second of two articles about the complete F minor Sonata
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Antoine Tamestit on Brahms Viola Sonata op.120 no.1 first and second movements
Antoine Tamestit discusses how he found an ideal piano–viola balance and came to love Brahms, after a long struggle. Here he covers the first and second movements, in the first of two articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Rosalind Ventris on Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata op.36
The British violist details the virtues of this underappreciated B flat major Sonata, with all of its structural surprises and ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ twists and turns
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Liisa Randalu on Smetana’s Quartet no.1, ‘From My Life’
Violist Liisa Randalu of the Schumann Quartet gives her perspective on the first movement of the Czech composer’s passionate and dramatic semi-autobiographical work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Nils Mönkemeyer on Stamitz First Viola Concerto
The German violist looks at how to tackle the challenges in the first movement of this important audition piece with style, panache and calm
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Philip Dukes on Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Idiosyncrasies, ensemble and eloquence help Philip Dukes to bring out the magic of Mozart in the first movement of this much-loved concerto for violin and viola
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Julian Rachlin on Brahms’s Viola Sonata in F minor
The Lithuanian-born violinist and violist discusses technical preparation, character and colour in the first and second movements of op.120 no.1