| 单词 | viola |
| 例句 | I'm playing viola less—it's been under the bed for days now—and I'm singing more. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I clutch the handle of the viola case with one hand, and Papa's hand with the other. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I hand him the viola and start rosining the bow. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I think he takes his boredom out on me—my viola lessons grow more intense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Since the Nazis took us, I've spent every minute trying to be invisible, to become smaller to avoid beatings, hiding in the safety of being last-chair viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I have stopped my scales and am just staring at him, the bow and viola hanging at my side. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Thankfully, Lev and I have only brought one bag between us, and Papa's viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This must have been why Papa chose the viola instead. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of the other violists plays a solemn melody on Papa's viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lev reaches overhead and takes down the viola and our modest bag with all our worldly possessions: our travel papers, a change of clothes, Lev's prayer book. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Doc heard music in his head—violas and cellos, he thought. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I nestle the viola and bow back in the case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They conduct the genome, thereby playing out its music—activating the viola at the fourteenth minute, a crash of cymbals during the arpeggio, a roll of drums at the crescendo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We finish the last note; I take the viola from his shoulder, and we just look at each other. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The viola's song is in a language no one knows; it reads from the alto clef, not the treble. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I press my face to the viola case and smile to myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My legs feel strong, and I start humming again as I look over my shoulder at the distance we have come, without my needing to be carried, the viola case safe in my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Papa lets me carry his viola until it gets too heavy and my arms give out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Clutching the viola case, I arrive at the conductor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If you’re not careful, the viola can make the most awful screech, even in the hands of practiced musicians. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He traces the bone beneath my eye, my cheek, my upper lip, trembling like he did holding the viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lev's asleep beside me, his head resting on the viola case with his hat over his eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My father's viola is over two hundred years old, even older than Germany. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am shoved onto a bench, and I quickly slide the viola case between my feet. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Musician," I say, holding up the viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “One with a violin and the other a viola, am I correct? Crossing all those busy streets. That is a long walk for ten-year-old boys.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They went further in, down a red corridor, past rooms filled with empty chairs upon which rested violins and violas and cellos which played themselves, or seemed to, when fed a coin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z "Play viola if you want. Don't sing, then. I don't care." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "It's true. I have nothing. I have this viola, and I can't even play it right. I'm terrible." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Papa and Maria by the fireplace, playing viola and piano; a warm dinner, sweet mint iced tea in my glass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In my hard bunk in the orchestra barracks, I always used to put the case under my ankles so my father's viola would sleep in peace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the room I share with twenty other girls, I take Papa's viola case out from under my bed. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "I play viola...but I'm really a singer." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Papa stuffing the good viola case with rosin and strings. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I put my arms around her, and the viola case hits the back of her shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I lead him to a bench and open my viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "A musician! Violin? No, of course, viola. Yes, you, go over there, and the Kapo will take your information. You'll be an asset. Viola. Not so common." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Gerta, why don't you try it again on my viola instead." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "The orchestra would be incomplete without the viola. It is the soul of the orchestra. You may not always be able to discern its sound, but you always know when it is missing." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could never part with anything from my viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Listen to recordings of a violin and a viola. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The viola is as much a part of my father as his hands or his voice. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I start slowly wiping down the viola with a soft cloth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All of my childhood memories rush in: I'm standing in the wings, watching Papa take his viola from the case, rosin the bow and begin to tune among the chatter, the dinner plans, the gossip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Reaching under the bed, I draw out the viola case and tuck it in next to me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But Papa and I share the viola, and before curfew every day he drills me in my etudes and I improve. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Although these instruments are quite similar, the viola has a noticeably "deeper" and the violin a noticeably "brighter" sound that is not simply a matter of the violin playing higher notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Most of us carry little or nothing, but I have Papa's viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I clutch the satchel and viola to my chest and brace myself for the inevitable tackle of a British soldier, the demand for papers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thankfully, Papa still has his viola in his hand. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I carry the viola case, and Papa carries both of our bags. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I open my nightstand drawer and grab a stack of photographs, the Wohlfahrt etudes and the music for my debut and put them in Papa's viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I even hum the viola parts as I glide the bow across the strings. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The viola is kept in the coat closet, and Cordelia takes it out and shows it to us, lying there mysterious and important in its velvet-lined case. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a cool morning, and even though I'm twelve now, I don't have a choice—it's cod-liver oil and Latin recitation and the endless, tedious Wohlfahrt viola etudes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I pick up the precious viola and play the etude again, watching him rummage through cabinets and drawers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "You kept your viola, through all this?" she says. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A festival viola mentor described the approach as "speaking rather than shouting"; chamber music is a conversation, she said, and natural speech is spontaneous and vulnerable. Mendelssohn on Mull ? review 2011-07-08T17:25:42Z The concert ends with Robert Schumann’s Evening Song, written for three hands on piano, but adapted here for piano and viola. Future looks bright for Byron Schenkman & Friends as season ends with ‘Beethoven & the Schumanns’ 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Clarinet, horn and viola fragments grew increasingly agitated in another of Dante’s texts, culminating in a dense outburst for the soprano’s apocalyptic declamation of “Now you can understand.” Review: A Dark, Haunting Work by Michael Hersch Gets a Premiere 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z He also sang, wrote songs and played viola, mandolin, mandola and guitar. Dave Swarbrick, British Folk Fiddler, Dies at 75 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She learned to play the piano, then the violin, then the viola. Silvana Estrada Arrives With a Devastating Album About Heartbreak 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z At Dartington, he often played the viola in the orchestra for large-scale choral works and operas, which pleased him more than anything. Michael Tillett obituary 2010-03-17T18:32:00Z In the First and Third, unexpected darts from the podium toward the violas and second violins seemed designed more to keep the orchestra on its toes than to serve symphonic argument. Review: A Beethoven Cycle From Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Often, just stray solo lines for horn, flute or viola will interact with the voices. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Closer to ideal is the not-too-sweet ricotta creme brulee, its crackling burnt-sugar surface dotted with beet gel and strewn with purple viola flowers. Review | If you think fine dining is on pause, Imperfecto would beg to differ 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Suddenly a young guy in the viola section started screaming back. 'Video Game Symphony' invites players off the couch and into Benaroya Hall 2011-06-16T20:11:03Z Asked about Brexit, Ruth Gibson, 32, a viola player originally from Ireland but who is now based in London, rolled her eyes. As Brexit Looms, Musicians Brace for the Worst 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Ingles said that the sellers determined the viola’s asking price partly by examining how its value compared with other instruments over time. For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune 2014-03-25T22:00:59Z Composed over a period of 19 years, this 32-minute sonata, though, is for viola, not piano. Piano sonatas at Monday Evening Concerts and Piano Spheres reveal futuristic visions 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Rachel Barton Pine will lead the program “Dresden Concertos,” featuring music written for the viola d’amore, a seven-string instrument invented in the 17th century. Rachel Barton Pine: violinist, headbanger, SBO guest conductor 2014-01-10T21:57:13Z Each child in the family studied an instrument, and Lamar focused on the violin, although he also studied viola, clarinet, flute and saxophone — instruments assigned to his siblings. K. Lamar Alsop, Violinist and Ballet Concertmaster, Dies at 85 2014-02-09T02:47:28Z Her other compositions include “Five Intermezzi,” for solo guitar; “Aphorisms,” for solo violin; “Above Clouds,” for viola and piano; and “Haiku Settings,” for soprano and flute. Ursula Mamlok, Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 93 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr. King also sat, framed in a doorway at the back of the stage, playing the viola, the fragmented notes of which elicited an array of swirling, spreading electronic sounds. Review: A Trio of Micro-Operas in the East Village 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous. Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z I think he could have been a famous music conductor or viola player. Why the Velvet Underground could only have come from New York 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton The delicate colours of theorbos, viola da gamba, harpsichord and recorders are swallowed up in the cavernous Coliseum but still managed to sound sensuous. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z Its focus on solo violas, cello and violins in turn also made it a good companion to Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli. Aldeburgh festival – review 2013-06-09T18:51:30Z His “Duo III” for viola and piano was infused with a sense of fun, to which the audience responded warmly. Violist Miles Hoffman, American Chamber Players are solid at Kreeger 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Last month, with her sweet-sounding viola d'amore in tow, she led the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra downtown in an all-Baroque program. Rachel Barton Pine on making music personal, her comeback and the advice she got from Itzhak Perlman 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Finally, he composed solo viola works, among them “Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini.” Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z Ms. Anderson presided over the proceedings from a keyboard, and intermittently drew burnished, husky sounds from an electronic viola. Kronos Quartet Plays Laurie Anderson’s ‘Landfall’ at BAM 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The viola takes center stage on Sunday when the violist Marcus Thompson and the pianist Doris Stevenson perform works by Vivaldi, Schubert, Weber and Shostakovich. Classical & Opera Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Kearney ranges all over her instrument, alternately sounding like a viola, cello or bass. Kanye, Jay-Z head the list of new CDs 2011-08-22T22:12:30Z After its 200 years of relative silence he has made the viola da gamba sing again. In praise of ? Jordi Savall 2011-07-06T23:01:06Z Toward the end, a brief viola solo attained a moody grandeur worthy of the late Romantics. Five Nights of New Music, From Gentle to Terrifying 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z At the symphony’s end, melody decays into a couple of hesitant individual notes in the violas. Mahler lives! Dudamel gives his most impressive performance yet with L.A. Phil 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Philharmonic supplies principals for first violin, viola, double bass, oboe, bassoon, horn, tuba, timpani and percussion. ArtsBeat: In Caracas, Doubling Up the Orchestra 2012-02-16T12:08:41Z Ducking through the Driprock Arch, a legion of low violas churn. Perspective | ‘Soundwalk’ turns Central Park into an intoxicating musical adventure 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Lovers of violins, violas, cellos and all things stringy have one more chance to catch the American String Project at Benaroya Hall. The Week Ahead: Folklife and Sasquatch festivals are arts highlights 2010-05-19T21:51:00Z Lawrence Power's potent viola fleshed out Britten's Lachrymae, reflections on Dowland's song If My Complaints Could Passions Move, with an eloquence that never undermined the work's reticence. Mark Padmore 2010-07-19T21:45:00Z A low drone began on the viola as one of the performers began speaking in a low rumble into a microphone. Music Review: The Knights Echo John Cage’s Happenings at the Stone 2012-06-05T21:28:02Z “Rothko Chapel” unfolds as a series of fragmentary viola lines, flickers of notes on the celesta, isolated wordless chords intoned by the chorus and subdued rhythmic figures in the percussion. Music Review: Abstract Expressionism in Aural Mixed Media 2011-02-25T23:55:36Z The evening began with a glittering account of Strauss’s tone poem “Don Quixote”: The Philharmonic’s Carter Brey played the extensive cello solo magnificently, and Cynthia Phelps excelled in the solo viola passages. Review: Son Confronts Father to End a Leonard Bernstein Festival 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Indeed, that’s exactly what happened when Germain spent three days with the National Symphony Orchestra in early December assessing some 70 violins, violas, cellos and basses, and 110 bows. Ivory, at the tip of a complex issue for traveling orchestra members 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “Let’s just say that between the wind and the waves, it was challenging,” said Caterina Camozzi, the viola player, after she was back on dry ground. A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z He is inarguably the most important electric viola player rock has ever seen. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Finally, Mr. Bunch played a solo viola piece, “Étouffeé,” with the instrument unconventionally tuned to evoke Cajun music — wails, sliding double stops, dance riffs and drones. Review: The Composers Concert, With David Hertzberg and Other Young Masters 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It’s an interior, enveloping, enigmatic experience — and the same should be true of this concert, with Mr. Taborn on piano, Mr. Maneri on viola and Mr. Smith on drums, vibraphone and timpani. Jazz Listings for March 25-31 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z There are no violas, grouse or people moodily folding pillowcases in Primeval and it is all the poorer for it. Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-01-01T00:05:30Z She graduated from the Juilliard School, from which she also received a master’s degree in viola performance. Nadia Sirota, James Lemkin 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Barriere is hardly a household name in musical circles, but he was one of the first to emphasize the capabilities of a relatively new instrument at a time when viola da gamba still reigned supreme. Lincoln Center ensemble lets the cello be the star | Classical review 2013-05-08T17:59:35Z If the viola had reached the minimum bid, it would have been the most world's most expensive instrument. Rare Stradivari viola fails to sell in sealed-bid auction 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Lauren Elizabeth Baba, from Los Angeles, played stunning solos on both violin and viola. Earshot Jazz Festival 2018 brings both the traditional and the eccentric 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Far more than the top-heavy quartet, with its two violins offset by a single viola and a cello, a sextet offers perfect symmetry, balance and flexibility. Music Review: At Merkin Concert Hall, Concertante Blends New and Old 2010-05-18T21:26:00Z Enter Cale, with his interest in drone, his connection to the avant-garde, and the low, sonorous viola that melted down traditional rock-song structures like molten lava. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The viola wasn’t doctored in Oscar Bettison’s jittery, melancholic “Threaded Madrigals.” Philharmonic Players Tackle Solo Works at SubCulture 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z This wily, offbeat group features four woodwinds, two cellos, viola, bass and drums. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Stranger and more memorable was the elegant performance of the other work that followed, Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 2 in A minor, with its unexpected dissonances, its stormy first-movement flurries in the cello and viola. Music Review: At Mozart Festival, Dvorak and Others Shine 2011-08-08T21:55:50Z The spirited give-and-take, the advancing and receding of the violin and the viola, flowed just as Mozart once decreed: “like oil.” Review: At Seattle chamber-music fest, a world premiere in graceful flight 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Rhodes, 71, will continue to direct the viola department at Juilliard, the school said. ArtsBeat: More Turnover in the Juilliard String Quartet 2012-10-08T20:16:13Z But the loneliest work, Julian Anderson’s transfiguring “Prayer” for solo viola, made the strongest impression. Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z At the Stone on Monday, Garth Knox breathes new life into an old instrument, the viola d’amore, whose sympathetic strings resonate even as they remain untouched by the bow. A Verdant Treat, and a Period Viola 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Until late in the piece, that is, when out of nowhere the viola plays a wistful “quasi-Hebraic” melody, in Feldman’s term, a tune he had written as a teenager. Music Review: Abstract Expressionism in Aural Mixed Media 2011-02-25T23:55:36Z A longing viola motif, as of a hand reaching tentatively toward the sky, evokes Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.” Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z It sounds quite different with the viola timbre, another kind of singing tone. Seattle Symphony goes for Baroque in 'Like Father, Like Son' program 2012-03-10T20:40:13Z At one point there is a fraught cadenza, joined by a solo viola and, eventually, a harp. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Where many contraltos are endowed with the lightish, dusky equivalent of a viola, her voice — immense, deep, velvety and burnished — put a cello at her command. Lili Chookasian, Opera Singer, Dies at 90 2012-04-12T17:31:06Z Teng Li, the principal violist of the Toronto Symphony, got interested in what the viola landscape was like in 1939, the year Hindemith wrote one of the more important sonatas for her instrument. Is streaming a threat to music? Not if musicians have anything to do with it 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He did push even further, in the finale, but he ended up pitching his baton into the viola section. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Throughout January, four musicians playing two violins, a viola and a cello will work through hundreds of scales and arpeggios, using different techniques with their bows, or plucking the strings. To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Throughout the concerto, Kernis supplies musical cues for the familiar, ingratiating "Tumbalalaika" tune, with the viola leading what sounds like an archaeological dig through distant harmonies and melodies. Concertos take the lead at L.A. Phil, L.A. Chamber Orchestra 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z For a cheerful, bakery-like touch, garnish the cakes with fresh mint leaves and edible violas. 2010-02-08T16:41:00Z In one memorable passage at the end of the first act, the Dreamer’s elegy is accompanied by the slow calligraphy of a solo viola. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z But just a few moments later, the strings flood back, violas and violins swooping up through a sudden chord that conjures folk fiddling, energy, passion, life itself. A Mighty Generation of Musicians. A Moving Final Chapter. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The violists Mark Holloway and Paul Neubauer played expressively in the Concerto No. 6 in B flat, in which Bach took the unusual step of promoting the violas from continuo accompaniment to solo prominence. Music Review: Another Merry Christmas With the ?Brandenburgs? 2010-12-20T23:03:32Z “Amidst Neptune,” the 2003 piece that opened the set, started with a low, rumbling drone, modal woodwind figurations and a viola solo that sounded almost devotional with its liquid intensity. Music Review: Alarm Will Sound Oozes With Resolve at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-06-16T21:50:06Z At the Boston Early Music Festival last week it was placed in the hands of the violinist Daniel Stepner, who, together with Anne Black on Mozart’s viola, played duets by the composer. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Relics From Paganini and Mozart, Still Sending Blessings 2013-06-19T21:45:34Z Shostakovich’s seven-minute Allegretto, composed in the early 1960s, bears its composer’s signature boldly in dark themes shared by the viola and the cello and quickly darting violin lines in Shostakovich’s sardonic folk dance style. Music Review: The Brentano String Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-22T21:57:58Z In October, they were replaced with 5,300 violas in three varieties and 500 silver-leafed dusty miller plants, all underplanted with 4,200 bulbs — a pink fringed tulip and two varieties of hyacinth. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Hodges attended elementary school at Christ Church Cathedral School in Oxford, where he took lessons on the viola, the oboe, the harpsichord and the organ, in addition to the piano. A Pianist Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s Disease 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z And as soon as the film ends, Llova plans to grab his viola and hightail it to the Bronx, to play at a wedding with his new, unnamed string quartet. Ljova?s Straightforward Career Has Quirky Turns 2010-08-06T17:03:00Z On display is the earliest known Stradivari, the Serdet from 1666, as well as a Stradivari guitar, mandolin, viola and cello. Behold the Messiah: 21 of the finest Stradivarius violins go on show 2013-06-12T17:43:59Z Certainly Franz often gave the viola part its own nimble little motif. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z Mr. Haas uses just about every sound and combination of sounds a violin, viola and cello can make. Music Review: A Musical Question: Does a Quartet Sound Different in the Dark? 2010-09-06T22:51:00Z “I won’t go that crazy on this again,” Mr. Carpenter said with a smile after trying out the viola in an empty showroom at Sotheby’s, which plans to announce its sale on Wednesday. For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune 2014-03-25T22:00:59Z The format of string quartet with an extra viola was unusual when Mozart composed this work, a masterpiece of restless character and symphonic breadth. Music Review: Brentano String Quartet Plays Hadyn, Mozart and Bartok 2012-12-17T22:55:08Z A rare Stradivari viola, considered to be one of the finest musical instruments in the world, failed to sell in a sealed bid auction with a minimum bid of $45 million, Sotheby's said on Wednesday. Rare Stradivari viola fails to sell in sealed-bid auction 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In her hands was a treble viola da gamba, an instrument largely associated with Baroque music. Review: Colleen Focuses on Precision With Fingers and Feet 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In the public imagination, as Mr. Vardi was painfully aware, the viola was considered merely a humble alto cog in the vast orchestral machine. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z If it’s played with these instruments, next to the cello solo you hear all the other lower strings: the cellos and violas, and then later the oboe and bassoon. A Pianist Comes Around on Period Instruments 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The viola is the Delilah of the musical world. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z Baiba Skride took much the same approach to the Sibelius Violin Concerto, an affecting account of deep, even forlorn introspection, much of it played inward, toward the violas on her left. Even the Tuning Up Gets an Ovation as Tanglewood Reopens 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Within months, Skampa mastered the viola and its clef, committing a dozen quartets to memory, and in the spring of 1956 the Smetana Quartet re-emerged better than ever. Antonín Kohout 2013-02-26T18:12:07Z Benjamin Pesetsky used Shakespeare’s text for “Lear’s Shadow,” which he scored for three sopranos, viola and piano. Music Review: Extinct Species and Vibrant Poetry 2011-03-18T22:30:08Z It summons up a shimmering medieval aura — positively High-Elven — of voices, harps, chimes, recorders and viola and harps. Dance Review: Christopher Williams Works at Dance New Amsterdam 2010-06-09T00:18:00Z In particular, he cites a more varied use of the viola da gamba and the deployment of a trombone. Music Review: A Generous Opening to the Lucerne Easter Festival 2011-04-11T17:51:16Z If the viola fetches anything near its asking price, it will dwarf previous sales records for musical instruments. For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune 2014-03-25T22:00:59Z Calling their group Black Violin, the men are former classical viola majors, and in their last appearance at the New Victory Theater, they combined hipness and wholesomeness. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 9-15 2012-11-08T23:27:07Z Mr. Turkovic was absent in the final work on the program, Hummel’s Septet in D minor for flute, oboe, horn, viola, cello, bass and piano. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Tully - Review 2011-10-19T22:40:11Z At the beginning of Mr. Paterson’s work, each instrument inhabits its own distinct sound world: the harp produces rolling arpeggios; the flute plays graceful, slightly exotic melodies; and the viola offers brusque, combative counterpoint. Music Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church - review 2011-08-26T22:30:32Z But the other musicians never showed up, so what listeners heard was his voice, not his viola. Peter Allen, a Voice on the Radio for the Met Opera, Dies at 96 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The large symphony orchestra, supplemented with unusual instruments like glass harmonium, viola da gamba and bongos, becomes a vast palette on which Mr. Benjamin mixes up ever-new timbres. Critic’s Notebook: George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’ Caps Tanglewood Festival 2013-08-13T21:39:43Z He started playing the violin when he was four, began composing orchestral music at 10 and took up the viola at 12. J Dilla: the Mozart of hip-hop 2011-01-27T22:15:00Z The New World Symphony in Miami Beach is hosting a five-day festival centered on the viola this week, with events set to be live-streamed through Saturday. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Undercover in the Jungle’ and ‘Ghosts of Sugar Land’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Power's viola tone is breathtakingly beautiful, rich and poetic, but such is his insight that the music, rather than his technique, is what commands attention. Power/Crawford-Phillips – review 2013-02-27T17:50:19Z Stephen Taylor’s humane oboe took on the character of a vocal soloist, and Mélisande Corriveau’s viola da gamba had crisp, authoritative articulation befitting her prominent placement at center stage. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He wrote “Popcorn Superhet Receiver” by playing many of its expansive tone clusters on the viola, then manipulating those notes in Pro Tools, creating an orchestra of Jonny Greenwoods. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z The "Macdonald" is considered to be the finest of all the Stradivari violas, he added. Rare Stradivari viola fails to sell in sealed-bid auction 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But Rebecca Young was sensitive in its extended viola solo. Review: Beethoven Gets a Sequel at the New York Philharmonic 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In practice, this provided a buzzing electronic sheen to the three quartets with the loudspeakers seeming like aliens trying to mimic the language that violins, violas and cellos make. A quirky thread runs through L.A. Phil Green Umbrella quartet program 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z She picked up the piano and the oboe, participated in school plays and did summer community theater; while she enrolled at Northwestern University to focus on the viola, she also explored facets of musical theater. Katrina Lenk Can Quietly Break Your Heart 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The viola has always had that capability to personify the location that you're in. John Cale: 'I don't want to end up in Pseud's Corner' 2012-09-26T08:50:35Z The violas were unnaturally equal to the violins. The Hollywood Bowl's magicians of sound 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z "The viola is the glue that keeps things together," says Schwarz. Pinchas Zukerman plays viola spectacular with Seattle Symphony Orchestra 2011-02-10T20:50:07Z The "Macdonald" viola, which was made by the famous Italian artisan Antonio Stradivari in 1719, is one of only two still privately owned, and was last on the market 50 years ago. Rare Stradivari viola fails to sell in sealed-bid auction 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Guy sings her quirky, asymmetrical, personal songs in a breathy voice, accompanying herself vigorously on violin or viola and, often on recordings, percussion and a variety of other modern classical textures. Northwest Folklife Festival offers sneak preview 2011-04-21T23:17:44Z Around the other side Martin was recording while Abi was playing viola in the garden. British Sea Power: Our memories of making Valhalla Dancehall 2011-01-05T15:57:45Z The viola and orchestra trade bursts of perpetual-motion riffs and phrases, in music percolating with sputtering rhythms and skittish lines. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Most of viola repertoire was written in the 20th century, when composers began realizing how beautiful the instrument is. Chorale, violist to join SSO for water works 2013-03-27T21:08:35Z The meditative, texturally rich landscapes of “In the Light of Air” for viola, cello, harp, piano, percussion and electronics by this young Icelandic composer are haunting, beautiful and unsettling by turns. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Just as the Berg ends with a quietly retreating viola, so here a similar if briefer farewell occurs with the cello. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z The jazz influence had both the first word, in Steve Cohen’s tuneful Sonata for Soprano Saxophone, and the last, in Howard Cass’s Jazz Suite for viola, piano and amplified double bass. Music Review: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-05T21:51:52Z The music reaches its expressive apex in the section called "Asturianada," in which Rami Solomonow's eloquent viola suggested the mournful intensity of Shostakovich's string quartet writing. Frank's energetic chamber works reveal multi-cultural roots 2011-01-19T16:19:49Z A lot of records use technology to make use of all sorts of noises – traffic, everything – but the viola can do that anyway without really telling you what it is. John Cale: 'I don't want to end up in Pseud's Corner' 2012-09-26T08:50:35Z They perform as part of the Sound It Out series, sharing the bill with Two Miles a Day, a collective featuring the same rhythm section, with Mat Maneri on viola. Jazz Listings for Feb. 6-12 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He brought out the flickering strangeness of the burnt-umber wind fragments at the beginning of the second movement; oboe and veiled violas had earlier been combined meticulously enough to convey the essence of nighttime. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The viola is often overshadowed in chamber music by its siblings in the string family, so the unusual Fantasia for Four Violas, Op. Kennedy Center Chamber Players present unusual, rarely heard music 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The key to the work is its second movement, another Moderato, with its plaintive solo viola opening, played with exquisite warmth here by Mr. Rostad. Music Review: Shostakovich Quartets as an Intimate Diary 2010-10-26T20:09:00Z She learned the piano, bassoon, cello and viola, and she attended conducting classes as a teenager; her teacher refused to let her work with an orchestra while his male students could. Nathalie Stutzmann Ushers In a New Era at the Atlanta Symphony 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Carol adds, "Pansies and violas are always happy plants—ideal for both new and experienced gardeners." Go For Gold 2012-10-08T16:50:02.847Z As a student at the High School of Music and Art, she also studied the viola and took courses in music theory and orchestration. Joan Peyser, Bernstein and Gershwin Biographer, Dies at 80 2011-04-25T14:54:51Z Far the best part of the performance was a rapt reading of the central Andante, largely a dialogue between the piano and the lower strings, with divided cellos at times playing above the violas. Jun Märkl’s SSO concert a success — with reservations 2013-01-11T17:54:41Z Mr. Primrose agreed, on two conditions: that she forsake the violin for the viola, and that she move to Philadelphia, where he was on the Curtis faculty. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z He played the viola, including in the English String Quartet, and also conducted, sometimes deputising for Wood, who championed his work. Backstage no longer: Frank Bridge at the Proms 2011-08-04T21:30:01Z She decided to devote herself to singing full-time only after her viola was stolen. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z And chamber music conventions dictate that on the rare occasion that a viola does get the melody, it’s facing the wrong way. Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The brunt of many classical music in-jokes, the viola has long been relegated to second-class citizen of the string section. The Week in Arts: Glorious Nubian Art in Boston 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z She teaches violin and viola at Lakeside School. Violist taking classical music out of the concert hall 2012-08-16T20:59:10Z Tindemans, herself a beloved, early-music resource internationally, is a Grammy nominee, Cornish instructor, medieval arts scholar, and expert with such vintage stringed instruments as the baroque viola and viola da gamba. Medieval Women's Choir sings of spring 2011-05-19T19:59:09Z The festival also provided answers to some burning questions: Can you play on the viola? Brecon Jazz festival ? review 2011-08-16T18:35:01Z The contortions begin when the music gives the viola star billing. Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Making the most of its international networks, Carnegie imported some of the finest performers active in Europe, including the viola da gamba wizard Jordi Savall and one of his stellar bands, Le Concert des Nations. Sounds of Venice’s Serene Republic Come to New York 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But those instruments — the violins and violas, for example, especially higher in their ranges — didn’t have ideal presence and color. How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The cast has three singers, who will be accompanied by a baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z It takes the form of a passacaglia on a pessimistic bass line that creeps up three steps and back again, with the viola responding in little shudders. Review: Rachmaninoff Chemistry at the 92nd Street Y 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Music: Italian Renaissance music for viola de gamba by Ekkerhard Weber. Your Next Lesson: Rosso di Montalcino 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He wanted a range of instruments that would share the specific tonal qualities of a violin instead of the varying sounds produced by the modern viola, cello and double bass. Music Review: At the Tank, New Sounds From New Strings 2010-05-31T22:56:00Z Some of my favorites include violas, zinnias, rose petals, cornflowers and flowering herbs. A 1-2-3 guide to building the perfect charcuterie board 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z She mixes telling dry jokes with playing the viola, and it turns out classical music nicely complements a punchline about a threesome. How Can Standup Succeed in a Fragmented Culture? Nurse Blake Has One Answer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Being mentioned in the same social media breath as Patti LuPone is no small feat, especially for a relative unknown whose musical focus as a child was the viola. Katrina Lenk Can Quietly Break Your Heart 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z "A Stradivari viola has always been, I suppose, the Holy Grail for a collector of musical instruments," he said in an interview ahead of the sale. Rare Stradivari viola fails to sell in sealed-bid auction 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Outside the stage door, Manuel signed autographs for a throng of giddy Broadway fans, glancing back every so often to look for the viola player. ‘I Think We’re Cousins?’: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Performers Realize Link 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Sikora adds an exotic touch of her own: a lyrical, ear-catching solo line for a Baroque throwback, the viola da gamba. Music Review: Embracing the Modern With Tone Clusters, Not Dissonance 2011-01-23T22:49:50Z She cuts off the “morto,” leaving you hanging as hushed violas, playing an eerily steady sustained tone, wait in the background. The Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z "When I first saw the viola, I fell in love with the instrument," he recalls. Palestinian children's orchestra inspires youngsters at refugee camp 2011-01-14T17:05:56Z Mat Maneri drew a bow across his viola then, producing a ghostly high note that shot through the haze, like a headlight’s beam. 2010-02-11T23:35:00Z Buyers will be asked to submit bids of $45 million or more — not knowing how much their competitors have bid — and the viola will be sold to the highest bidder. For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune 2014-03-25T22:00:59Z She grew up studying piano, violin, and viola, settling on the viola as her instrument. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z Now, in the lustrous acoustics of First Baptist Church on Harvard Avenue, it was the turn of the viola da gamba, the viol family’s forerunner of the cello. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z Before the year was out, Feldman had done so: the austerely beautiful, daringly static and pervasively quiet “Rothko Chapel,” scored simply for viola, celesta, percussion, two solo singers and wordless chorus. Music Review: Abstract Expressionism in Aural Mixed Media 2011-02-25T23:55:36Z Two violas, with cello, are pitted against two viols, with violone. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z As one of the foremost viola players of his time, Bridge's sympathy for strings was apparent and Carroll brought to the Elegie a matchless beauty. Carroll/Williams - review 2011-07-14T13:31:19Z "We also want to sell ourselves visually as a high-class orchestra, not just acoustically," said Thilo Fechner, who plays the viola, and, on the side, also handles the musicians' clothing matters. Ladies of the Vienna Philharmonic get new look 2010-12-15T22:16:04Z Griffin was not far away, playing his viola beneath the stage. ‘I Think We’re Cousins?’: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Performers Realize Link 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z That means that the viola’s F holes — the openings through which most of the sound escapes — are angled away from the audience. Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z One of the world premieres was the centrepiece of the Nash Ensemble's programme, a beautifully shaped and realised sextet by Brett Dean, who is being featured in the festival as both composer and viola player. Nash Ensemble ? review 2011-07-06T17:45:00Z Professionals around the world play her violins, violas and cellos; one of her first instruments is played regularly at La Scala. There’s More to Cremona Than Violins 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “It’s not like singing songs, it’s like being an instrument, like a viola,” he said of singing Brahms, despite having produced a fine recording of “Die Schöne Magelone.” 30 Years on, the World’s Greatest Song Partnership Flourishes 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z I am a lapsed violist — impervious, I may add, to viola jokes — and a serious practicing Mozartian. Stalking the Memory of Mozart in Vienna 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “Interruptions,” the fourth movement, features dramatic woodwind and brass flourishes, with a chorale linking it to the viola solo and muted trumpets of “Song.” Music Review | New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z In a nod to the festival’s mission, he opened with a polished reading of Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio for clarinet, viola and piano that demonstrated his attentiveness as a chamber music partner. Martin Frost at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z A quartet of violas might sound like too much of a good thing, but this warm, elegiac work conjures a striking range of textures and effects and handles them masterfully. Kennedy Center Chamber Players present unusual, rarely heard music 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z In New York, Cale had filed the bridge of his viola down, strung the instrument with metal strings, and amplified it. The Velvet Underground in California 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The first violin, he said, was intended to be "fantastic, ornate and mercurial"; the second was "laconic and orderly"; the viola was "expressive"; and the cello was "somewhat impetuous." Award-winning U.S. composer Elliott Carter dies at 103 2012-11-06T00:53:04Z The current season includes works as diverse as Schnittke's viola concerto, Hindemith's cello concerto, Takemitsu's Requiem and Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question. How Marin Alsop plans to put São Paulo Orchestra on the map 2012-08-14T18:00:02Z With the Wordless Music Orchestra on hand, there was a string section to underline Mr. Cale’s viola drones and a sousaphone to broaden the bass. Review: John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Still Bristling at 75 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z About this time, baroque instruments — the harpsichord and the viola da gamba among them — evolved into instruments that had more oomph, and more expressive possibilities. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z She studied both the piano and viola but never played professionally. Johanna Fiedler Dies at 65; Wrote of the Met Opera 2011-06-04T04:36:12Z Feldman’s piece — scored for percussion, celesta, viola, choir and soprano — was an abstract analogue to Rothko’s canvases. 50 Years Later, the Rothko Chapel Meets a New Musical Match 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z And the writing for clarinet and viola is fragmentary, mysterious and sometimes eerie. Music Review: At Chelsea Art Museum, Schumann as Others Hear Him 2010-06-23T21:57:00Z And a British viola player, who once worked with the orchestra, said of the experience: "It's like being in a zoo." Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra rolls into London for week of concerts 2011-02-18T17:13:52Z The light mood of the opening quickly segues into dark rumblings on viola and short, anxious phrases on the violin. Music Review: A Lutoslawski Tribute Includes ‘Bukoliki’ 2013-12-17T22:09:30Z Zukerman says he recommends violinists play the viola on occasion to stretch, literally and figuratively, musical muscles. Pinchas Zukerman plays viola spectacular with Seattle Symphony Orchestra 2011-02-10T20:50:07Z It appears to be delicate chamber music for percussion, viola and piano. Review: Ches Smith’s ‘The Bell’ Plays With Listeners’ Expectations 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The instruments ranged from cello and piano to a sextet that also included violin, viola, flute, clarinet and percussion. An evening of sophisticated new Spanish music 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Some of these were distorted by the uneven amplification, which assigned a greatly exaggerated role to one particular viola throughout the program’s first half. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z The NSO followed Elder with a will, with golden solos from violin and viola and flute bubbling like fountains up from the deep well of sound. Review | Elder, NSO put ‘worth’ in Butterworth 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Stephen Goist’s viola cut through like white light in the Largo. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The program ends with his scion Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto for A major, as transcribed for viola. Seattle Symphony celebrates baroque dads 2012-03-01T20:54:05Z Through most of the piece, Mr. Kang sat there silently, adding manically strummed viola only as the music mounted toward its quietly ecstatic conclusion. Music Review: Eyvind Kang Presents His Eclectic Mix at the Stone 2013-07-03T20:39:35Z Friday’s concert blends Brahms’s viola sonatas — transcribed from the clarinet versions — with Schumann and Joel Friedman; Andrew Gonzalez is the violist, Ji the pianist. Classical Music Listings for July 1-7 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The BCMG's first concert in its new season includes another premiere: the first complete performance of A Knot Of Time, a cycle for soprano and an ensemble of clarinet, viola, cello and double bass. This week's new live music 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z All his musical styles are audible in this rhapsodic score, from the serenity of Greensleeves to the tugging, modal harmonies of the Fifth Symphony, to the solo viola melancholy and ethereal chorus of Flos Campi. The Pilgrim's Progress; Total Immersion: Knussen at 60 – review 2012-11-11T00:05:45Z The clever libretto by Matt Boresi adapts the true story of an 18th-century viola left on a sidewalk by the principal violist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. UrbanArias’s ‘Blue Viola’ makes for a somewhat intriguing night at the opera 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The elegant performance preceded an extraordinary rendering of Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in which Seattle Symphony first violinist Cordula Merks led 10 players, three each of violins, violas and cellos, plus double bass, and harpsichord. Seattle Symphony goes for Baroque in 'Like Father, Like Son' program 2012-03-10T20:40:13Z A few minutes passed before the musicians — on viola, violin, trumpet, clarinet, cello, flute and vocals — joined in with a warbling chant, laying the foundation for many more undulatory layers of sound. Review: Creating Contrasts With yMusic, Marcos Balter and Dance 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z For the finale, the dancers high-stepped their way off the stage to the sounds of the Florida duo Black Violin, who, fittingly, mix hip-hop with classical violin and viola. The Top 10 Moments of Paris Fashion Week 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Sirota, 36, is a viola soloist, chamber musician, curator and broadcaster. Nadia Sirota, James Lemkin 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The Andante is a wistful pas de deux between the first violin and the first viola, here the Calidore’s Jeremy Berry, who produced an unusually bright and tangy sound. Review: A Quartet With Sunny Energy and Grunge-Band Grit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Morton Feldman's unearthly "Rothko Chapel," conducted by Robert Spano in a near midnight chill under a full moon, was a highlight despite a wan solo viola. At the Ojai Music Festival, Classical style takes a turn 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z So it seemed only appropriate that he chose the viola to introduce a near-quotation from his 40th Symphony in the glorious slow movement — a moment in the limelight that Iglitzin seized with justified glee. Performance of Mozart fit for royalty ? and everyday chamber-music fans ? at Olympic Music Festival 2010-07-26T01:20:00Z The cellos were unctuous in the Scherzo, part of a kaleidoscope of sickness and sourness that never became grotesque; the violas seemed to feed off the heat of the brasses. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “It’s a heavy instrument, and I don’t want to damage it,” she says of his viola. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z A viola is a middle voice—it has to be alert to everything around it. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z When it was finished, I got hold of one of the viola parts and played through the whole piece. Brett Dean on the trials of getting his opera Bliss on to the stage 2010-08-29T21:00:00Z When not otherwise leading the orchestral viola section, Lawrence Power took the viola solo. Mørk/LPO/Nézet-Seguin – review 2012-11-22T17:44:12Z Schubert's sole surviving completed movement for string trio, the Allegro in B flat, nevertheless provided a benign, rippling opener, full of characteristically obsessive figurations from the viola and dying falls from the cello. Leopold String Trio/Osborne – review 2012-07-11T17:00:01Z Of her own instruments made by him is a violin made in 1971, the year before she was born; and the viola, begun in 1990 when she was just going off to college. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z As for the Renaissance instrument, it was a viola da gamba, a bowed string instrument which he continues to play today, and which he first encountered in the studio of his seventh-grade cello teacher. Maker to Know: A Ceramist Creating Insect-Adorned Plates 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The period-instrument orchestra was superb, but for a viola da gamba. Review: American Classical Orchestra Revives a Rarely Heard Telemann Masterpiece 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “Sunrise” and “Sunset,” the enigmatic outer movements, unfolded with elusive gestures and Middle Eastern harmonies, a long, eerie melody unfurling on the viola in the final movement. Music Review: Avi Avital Helps Revive, and Grow, an Instrument 2014-01-19T22:08:54Z Phoebe’s father is heard playing his viola, “dismantling troubles Phoebe knew nothing about.” Books of The Times: ‘Archangel,’ by Andrea Barrett 2013-09-02T21:41:52Z The opening Largo was an atmospheric creation in charcoal: Arron's husky cello drew the opening line, which was carried by O'Neill's viola and then passed on to the violins. Review: George Shangrow memorial added to Seattle chamber fest's Eastside opener 2010-08-05T20:34:00Z When or whether the world learns the new owner, or if the viola lands in a quartet, will remain to be heard. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The most obvious of those threads is the number seven: seven acoustic instruments — violin, viola, cello, flute, harp, percussion and harpsichord along with synthesizer, augmented by electronics — traverse seven movements, each cast in seven sections. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z While hundreds of known Stradivari violins are in circulation, only 10 of his violas are known to have survived, according to Sotheby’s research. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z But a violin and viola that he owned and played will be making their first American appearances early next month, in concerts in Boston and New York. ArtsBeat: Mozart Never Made It to America, but His Violin and Viola Are On the Way 2013-05-29T19:38:44Z I ask violin students to play a little viola. Pinchas Zukerman plays viola spectacular with Seattle Symphony Orchestra 2011-02-10T20:50:07Z As it ends, each story is submerged in cacophony by Colin Stetson on bass saxophone and Eyvind Kang on viola, with Anderson's words lost not to death but to the exhilaration of noise. Delusion 2010-04-15T21:40:00Z There are also some astonishing orchestral colours – a glass harmonica, viola da gamba – that make Written on Skin an essential experience, even recorded. A guide to George Benjamin's music 2013-02-25T12:41:11Z On this occasion she had just returned from Greece, where she performed her own music for viola and piano with the violist Kim Kashkashian. ‘The Blind,’ Lera Auerbach’s Opera, Confronts Isolation 2013-07-05T17:16:44Z Larger and heavier than a violin, the viola forces players to extend the left arm fully to support the instrument while simultaneously twisting it to get at the strings. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z At one point the score for the viola flew off the music stand and into the water, but it was quickly recovered. A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Then, a series of escalating ruminations on another hymn, “Shall We Gather at the River?,” first on a solo viola, build up to a fiery orchestral tutti. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z And Kozasa’s viola produced some thrillingly steely accents during Riley’s “Good Medicine,” a selection from the Minimalist composer’s “Salome Dances for Peace.” Review: With Owls, Classical Is Alive and Well and Living in a Crypt 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z McCluskie largely avoids competition with the past by concentrating on violas instead of violins; he figures he has made about 300. Stringing together a passion and a livelihood 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The slower second movement begins with a mournful dialogue for viola and second violin, punctuated by restless bursts and ominous sustained tones from the other instruments. Review: At Summergarden, a Steamy Evening of Exploratory Sounds 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Their lush arrangements of guitar, keyboard, viola, other assorted instruments and random sound samples often eschew reliable melodies and vocal harmonies in favor of occasional passages of minimal drone or maximal sonic layerings. November's best music from across the MAP 2012-11-15T09:00:00Z In “North Shore,” which Mr. Bryars arranged for a larger ensemble, a melancholy viola melody unfolded slowly over solitary piano chords. At the Stone, the Flux Quartet Flexes Its Muscles 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Originally written for baritone, viola and piano, it was presented here in a version for baritone, cello and chamber orchestra. Music Review: Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia 2012-03-04T23:15:57Z The recipients, who include British viola player Rosemary Nalden and pianist Ricardo Castro, will be given an honorary membership. 'Life-changing' musicians honoured 2013-04-24T15:21:08Z There's not much difference between violin and viola," Zukerman says, "except for size, sonority and color of sound. Pinchas Zukerman plays viola spectacular with Seattle Symphony Orchestra 2011-02-10T20:50:07Z One is a brief piece for violin and viola, “Capricci,” the other a more ambitious work for percussion and string quartet, “Selene.” Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 27-March 5 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Culpo's mother, a professional viola player, discouraged her from entering the world of beauty competitions last year. New Miss Universe says win shows confidence is all 2012-12-20T20:24:08Z Quincy Porter's "Speed Etude" for viola and piano zips by at a velocity that seems beyond the reach of human fingers. Critics' Picks: 'The Artist,' 'Short Stories' and 'Rules of Civility' 2012-06-20T22:48:04Z In “Nightfalls,” the first of its four movements, high, keening tendrils on the violins stretched over dusky, yawning chords from the viola and cello. Music Review: From Twilight?s Mysteries Right Up to the 25th Hour 2011-03-13T21:47:34Z He favors low instruments, with a pit band of two violas, cello, bass, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn and resonant percussion. In 'Marilyn Forever,' Monroe yearns to be merely herself 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Cale, his viola and his signature droning rhythms left before the third, and Mr. Reed departed before production finished on the fourth. At Paris Exhibition, Tracing the Roots of the Velvet Underground 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Strings skittered and squealed; woodwinds huffed almost inaudibly; a viola croaked as if stretched on a medieval rack; a pianist tried, again and again, to restore calm. Music Review: Contact!, New York Philharmonic Series at Met Museum 2012-12-26T22:31:15Z The “Macdonald” viola was not the only Stradivari that failed to sell this month. Rare Stradivari Viola Fails to Attract Buyer 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Real tension was created in the middle section of the Presto, and both Finckel and viola player Lawrence Dutton saved their biggest, richest tone for their brief melodies in the "desolato" final movement. Emerson Quartet – review 2013-02-28T17:46:22Z An earlier version of this article misidentified the maker of a 1615 viola. To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It is rarely performed with a singer — the vocal line alternately follows the viola and the violin parts, sometimes going off on its own. Renée Fleming and Emerson String Quartet bring some obscure music to light at Disney Hall 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to suggest that a viola or cello can’t do these things,” he said. Bach’s Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Fluttering trills unfolded over lone piano notes; bell-like descending piano chords were echoed by gently ascending viola motifs. At the Stone, the Flux Quartet Flexes Its Muscles 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The organization recently launched a South King County violin/viola studio serving middle and high school students of color, and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, in Renton, Kent, Auburn, Maple Valley, and Federal Way. Classical KING FM takes steps to address issues of equity and inclusion 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z There's quite a bit of viola drone on the new album I noticed … Yeah. John Cale: 'I don't want to end up in Pseud's Corner' 2012-09-26T08:50:35Z The viola is still meant to make music. For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune 2014-03-25T22:00:59Z The concertmasters Robert Mealy and Cynthia Roberts played their solos with flair, as did the viola da gamba player Lisa Terry. Critic?s Notebook: Two ?Passions,? With Two Very Different Effects 2011-04-17T22:14:02Z The viola keeps escaping from this orchestral stew, but not by fighting it. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He was still working as viola player in the Berlin Philharmonic a decade ago when, encouraged by Simon Rattle, he decided to return to his native Australia and switch to full-time composition. Bliss; BBC Prom 61: H?nsel and Gretel 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z The Beethoven poems are informed by her lifelong immersion in music, starting from her youth, when her father, a psychoanalyst and cellist, conscripted her into a family ensemble; she played the viola. Beethoven Is More Intimate Than Ever in New Poems 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Weinberg’s chamber music — including 17 string quartets and solo string sonatas for not just violin, viola and cello but also for double bass — is also rich in variety. Recognition for a Composer Who Captured a Century’s Horrors 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z A viola, in turn, is important for an additional reason. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The soft timbre of Charles Pikler's viola d'amore was an unexpected if welcome touch. Muti's return to CSO leaves hall abuzz with the excitement of old music and new 2011-05-06T16:26:00Z Her six-member instrumental ensemble, ardently conducted by Samuel McCoy, uses violin, viola and flute because they are suitable for both Western and Indian uses. With 'Thumbprint,' witness an opera's power to empower women 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Uncrowded piano chords linger in the air, periodic amens to the viola’s soulful prayers. Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z A rhapsodizing solo viola, its range between the violins and cello, is the ideal alter-ego for both Hannahs, the inquisitive Before and the soul-searching After. 'As One,' the every(wo)man transgender opera 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z They could supply Middle Eastern rhythms and drones, with viola or clarinet answering Ms. Benali’s vocal lines, or they could head elsewhere: toward chamber music, flamenco or jazz. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z And through an amazing turn of fate, there was one viola player from Cuba, and I could speak Spanish with him, and he was my translator. An American Leads the Odesa Philharmonic to Berlin 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It felt a bit like a Between the Ears programme in its use of haunting music to amplify its themes, but also Lives in a Landscape with accompaniment on cello, violin and viola. Radio review: Supermarket Symphony 2011-07-10T19:29:00Z Potential buyers for the “Macdonald” viola could range from a foundation or orchestra to a private collector who would become patron to a very lucky violist. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The soft-spoken McCluskie, who has made violins and violas in Montgomery County for 30 years, says he imagines that 400 is a large number of instruments to have made. Stringing together a passion and a livelihood 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z O'Neill's sublime viola solo was a heart-tugging reminder that Debussy was not just about rule-breaking but also believed in sheer beauty. Debussy's sole string piece makes for singular moment at festival 2011-07-14T19:40:07Z The string writing looks back to Brahms, and there are some particularly expressive autumnal passages for the viola, but this performance emphasised the unease that haunts the music from its opening bars. Hough/Endellion Quartet – review 2012-06-07T17:15:01Z The Manxman: the last of the BFI's nine Hitchcock silent restorations, this sweeping romance forms the archive gala, with live performance of Stephen Horne's new score for "piano, fiddle, viola, oboe and folk harp". Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z But it’s of sufficient quality to allow her to use it as part of the National Symphony Orchestra, where she’s been part of the viola section for 20 years. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Haber used the soulful lower register of the viola to expressive effect, and its higher register to create intriguing timbres. At the Stone, the Flux Quartet Flexes Its Muscles 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z A typical Saturday at the Harlem School of the Arts would find families chatting with each other as one child runs out of a dance class in tights, or another lugs a viola. With Help From Herb Alpert, Letting the Light In at the Harlem School of the Arts 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z I finally met Max in person in 1989 when I joined the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as a viola player, and he was conducting. The artists' artist: modern composers 2011-08-03T21:29:01Z In the second half, climbing pizzicato lines throbbed under a Hebrew vocal, and the leader's Song for My Brother set viola motifs against Yael Shapira's pulsing cello, before a thunderous double-bass improv. Avishai Cohen with Strings – review 2013-05-08T16:48:00Z It is a mellow tune with dulcet tones, played on June’s favorite instrument: the viola. Karina Yan Glaser’s First Non-Vanderbeekers Novel 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z They further blended ideally with the ensemble of two violins, viola da gamba, theorbo and Christie's harpsichord. William Christie, with small Les Arts Florissants group, works magic 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z You can’t have a standard string quartet—two violins, cello, and viola—without one. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Investment in a cello or viola would make an enormous positive difference. Review: Steve Tyrell Keeps a Comfortable Pop-Swing Style in Honoring Sinatra 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “And she’s just like, ‘His name is Drew and he plays the viola.’” ‘I Think We’re Cousins?’: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Performers Realize Link 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z He also began playing the viola da gamba in the New York freelance scene and, while subsequently teaching at Columbia, led the choral group Cappella Nova, which gave acclaimed performances of Renaissance repertoire. Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Haydn was not the first composer to write pieces for two violins, viola and cello. The String Quartet, Reinvented 2010-02-27T03:36:00Z Its style changes constantly: the vocal writing is often angular and tense, occasionally lyrical and sometimes spoken, and the instrumental scoring — for violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet and harp — mirrors, punctuates and comments on it. Music Review: Signal, a New-Music Orchestra, Plays at Merkin Concert Hall 2010-05-28T21:45:00Z Programming pulls into focus on Tuesday when an ensemble of gifted string players place dibs on Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” and “15 Sinfonias for violin, viola and cello” in arrangements by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T17:27:04Z The harp music at the wedding is suggested at first by the violas playing staggered staccato notes. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z It was the barest suggestion of sound — you couldn’t hear the cello at all, and the viola scarcely more than that — and yet it was music. Music Review: Venturing Into Noise in Search of Melody 2014-02-20T23:23:46Z Wil B, who has a smooth, R&B sound, puts down his viola to sing, but the other strings continue, taking these works beyond ordinary pop. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 16-22 2012-11-15T23:10:06Z She said it was part of a set of instruments - two violins and a viola were the others - that were known as "the Quartet." Stradivarius cello broken in accident in Spain 2012-05-07T13:22:38Z Mr. Luisi led a characterful interpretation, enhanced by fine contributions from strings and woodwinds, that illuminated moments of Stravinskian ingenuity, like the violin and viola harmonics in the Introduction. Music Review: Met Opera Orchestra With David Chan and Yefim Bronfman 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z Mr. Fisher ingeniously transfigured the sound world of classical Japanese Noh drama, with a harmonium making a gently coppery wheeze and the willowy viola da gamba trading off with its more powerful descendant, the cello. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z In 1939 Michael went on to the Royal College of Music in London as an exhibitioner, studying piano accompaniment and viola. Michael Tillett obituary 2010-03-17T18:32:00Z During long, dreamy stretches, the viola floats mystical lines above the tremulous, shimmering orchestra. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The hypnotic, trance-inducing mood was broken by a viola solo with an almost folksy tune, followed by increasingly intense electronic beats. Music Review | Flux Quartet: At Bargemusic, Microtones of Annie Gosfield and David First 2010-03-15T06:10:00Z When Mr. Vardi began his work the very idea of a solo viola recital was unorthodox: finding enough worthwhile material to fill two hours seemed practically impossible. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z The “Macdonald” viola might be your only shot at getting the full set. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z It was at Dartington that she first met Britten, playing viola alongside him at a rehearsal. Rosamund Strode obituary 2010-04-28T17:46:00Z It’s what you get when you combine Charly and Margaux, two young women who are classically trained but take their violin and viola training well beyond the classics. Spare Times for Children Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Mozart wrote the viola part in scordatura, meaning a tuning different from the norm. New York Philharmonic, Led by Jaap van Zweden 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Microphone in hand, he delivered his trademark introductions, complete with comments about the happenstance of a British citizen leading an Independence Day concert in New York and more of his stale viola jokes. Music Review: Military Brass, Civilian Strings 2013-07-04T22:38:04Z In duet, the viola’s sound nestles modestly inside the piano’s, with none of the aspirational flights and flashes of a violin or clarinet. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z On the viola, where the distance between notes is larger and the response time of the strings slower, they are harder still. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z They ended their recital with that Mozart Trio, Widmann's clarinet leading the way in the beautifully matched phrases and Tamestit's viola full of lyrical warmth. Widmann/Tamestit/Piemontesi – review 2013-02-15T15:52:00Z Balanchine’s 1982 solo choreographed to the Stravinsky viola solo of that name. Vail International Dance Festival Sets Itself Apart With an Enchanting Lineup 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Three of them were for viola d’amore, a member of the viol family that was largely superseded in the classical period by the violin and its relatives. At Seattle Baroque Orchestra, virtuosity of a collegial kind 2014-01-19T18:23:06Z The eleven composers and seven musicians — on flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello and percussion — all are from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, New York. Musicians harmonize with nature for outdoor audiences — including snakes 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z His visit brings a welcome revival of “Two Paths,” a gravely beautiful 1998 concerto for two violas by the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. The Week Ahead: April 10 ? 16 2011-04-08T13:57:40Z A tube of slinky metal ducting joined the clutter obliterating a nearby table, where Norman's viola rested uncomfortably close to the edge. Composer Andrew Norman tries to evoke Gehry home in 'Frank's House' 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The strings—with the unusual instrumentation of five violins, five violas, and five cellos, giving a drum-and-bass boost to the acoustic low-end—surrounded the singer in a semicircle. Björk's Healing Music 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But she suggested he switch to the viola, for which the cello suites were transcribed and first published in the early 20th century. Antoine Tamestit Plays Concert for Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet this setting of poems by AE Housman embraced a different expressive tone, often heartbreaking with Atar Arad's viola lines plaintively echoing the vocal line. Mark Padmore/Prussia Cove 2010-10-01T21:00:00Z The viola, one of just two made by Antonio Stradivari still in private ownership, is expected to fetch at least $45m in the sealed bid auction. Stradivarius viola may fetch $45m 2014-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Mackey’s travels in Colorado and Italy inspired the piece, in which he wanted to convey “how the earth and our relationship to it changes at different altitudes,” with a solo viola as guide. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z Spalding arrived on stage to sit at a dimly lit stageside armchair while her cellist, violinist and viola player sighed softly romantic chords. Esperanza Spalding ? review 2011-04-11T17:30:41Z After conquering the violin, Mr. Zee taught himself the viola, then the cello, then the bass. Possessed: A Fashion Career Starts With a Violin 2011-08-26T22:51:54Z His flights of fancy on the sopranino recorder relied on elaborately soulful ornamentation in the slow movement, accompanied by two violins and viola that played with gossamer grace. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Here he was exceptionally fine, from the meaty downward line, amid trembling violas, in the Mendelssohn quintet’s third movement to the exuberant blossoming at the start of the Brahms. Season Finale at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z A few festivals ago, a company selling an electric viola da gamba offered a short program of duets by Marin Marais in a suitably decorous concert setting. ArtsBeat: Boston Festival a Paradise for Early-Music Fans 2011-06-14T20:19:55Z Part Two, the exploration of faith, reaches sonorous crisis at the crucifixion and resurrection to a vivid accompaniment of three solo violas. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z He is an ambassador for the rising stature of the viola as an instrument for virtuosos, and is actively building viola repertoire with commissions and transcriptions of non-viola music. Chorale, violist to join SSO for water works 2013-03-27T21:08:35Z The post garnered clapping emojis, encouraging remarks and then a comment from Griffin’s mother, Linda, pointing out that her son was in the center of the video playing the viola. ‘I Think We’re Cousins?’: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Performers Realize Link 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z There are four violas, instead of violins, and no cellos or basses. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs ?De Staat? at Zankel Hall 2010-05-11T22:20:00Z He hopped off at the Greenpoint Avenue station and waved to his daughter Amelia, 8, as she got on to play the Prelude on the viola, a red-and-green mitten dangling from her fingerboard hand. ArtsBeat: This Bach Suite Is Making All Local Stops 2012-12-21T22:23:10Z But he is back in town celebrating his 47th birthday with the ambitious series “four in the time of seven,” four solo violin and viola recitals of new and old music in seven days. With violin in hand, Mark Menzies finds hope for the future in the past 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Sarah Stone, who plays cello and viola da gamba, has stuck to her “Bach Everyday” performances from her apartment in New York City. Entertainers promised to see us through the quarantine. Even they are running out of steam. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z But his shaping of the cello and viola melodies in the Andante was full of yearning, and in the symphony’s softest moments his intensity kept the interest taut. Eschenbach takes the NSO back to one of his favorites, Bruckner 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z That effect was magnified in the program’s main work, “In the Light of Air,” which calls for viola, cello, piano, harp, percussion and electronics, as well as light elements. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Music Wanders the Park Avenue Armory 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z He divided the first and second violins, had cellos and violas in between and placed the basses on the opposite side of the stage. CSO: Hough, Elder, Tchaikovsky a match made in heaven 2011-01-07T20:59:00Z Hindemith himself was a celebrated but unshowy viola soloist who left a huge catalogue of music for the instrument. Hindemith: Complete Viola Works, Vol 1 – review 2013-07-20T23:06:07Z Grisey's three-part score for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello may be vastly more complex than "Become Ocean," but both spring from a briny sea of arpeggios. Weekend concerts across L.A. provide solace in a world gone wrong amid Paris attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The viola part is written for an exciting and sassy player, Richard Yongjaei O'Neill, and it gets wildly unhinged at the end. Camerata Pacifica introduces John Harbison's curvy string trio 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The program includes the New York premiere of Mr. Hyla’s “Mother Popcorn Revisited” for piano trio, as well as his “Polish Folk Songs” for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion. Classical & Opera Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Instead, the viola simply emerges, with emphatic motifs alternating with flutters of notes. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He tried his hand at many instruments, studying piano, viola and percussion, and singing in a choir. ‘We’re Like Athletes Here’: The Maestro With a Gym Habit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Three months ago, with our own Seattle Baroque Orchestra in Town Hall, Rachel Barton Pine offered a virtual master class in the capacities of the viola d’amore. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z The slow middle movement is the most beguiling, a neo-Romantic Adagio with an intensely soulful viola theme cushioned by soft, wistful strings. Hear 7 of the Best Works From a Neglected Era of American Music 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z There's a "busybody flute, a wise viola, and the masculine, workmanlike bassoon, trombone and upright bass"; there's a piano, too, an "agitator", with its electronic and sampled sounds. Muhly: I Drink the Air Before Me 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z He played viola, his brothers first and second violin. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z And there’s the muted glow of the viola’s timbre, its range comfortably tracking a human voice. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The viola is the undisputed star of this lovely folk-inflected and viscerally dramatic piece, and Mr. Neubauer embraced the role, playing with a luminous tone. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, With Works for Strings 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Spinning out a golden wire of sound, he was answered by the coppery light char of Lawrence Power’s viola. Joshua Bell Plays Mostly Mozart 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z There were some alluring effects throughout, beginning with the viola motifs played with panache by Amanda Verner, the soloist. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z The orchestral heft of the added strings — nine violins, three violas, two cellos, and a double bass — further burnished the dusky glow of many sections in the Brahms. Review: American String Project is the 'Glee' of the classical realm 2011-05-13T20:09:14Z Pine, a violin virtuoso of wide-ranging, eclectic musical interests, will play the viola d’amore, a Baroque-era string instrument similar to the violin. Rachel Barton Pine: violinist, headbanger, SBO guest conductor 2014-01-10T21:57:13Z Mr. Beilman was especially impressive, with blazing fiddle solos in the Fourth Concerto and strong playing elsewhere on both violin and viola. ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos at Alice Tully Hall 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Eight instrumentalists, including Mr. Dessner on guitar and Ms. Shaw on viola, perform atop a rough-hewed wood platform, leaving ample space in front for the choristers to sing and move about. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z A substantial, purposeful work for string octet, it moves seamlessly from passages of wheeling, Tippett-like complexity to episodes of slow, startling intensity; Fiona Winning's central viola solo was quite beautifully played. BCMG/Benjamin – review 2013-04-08T16:18:04Z The two met as teenagers when they played in the same orchestra in Bonn, Germany: Reicha as second flute, Beethoven on viola. A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Lang’s composition, adding cello, viola and percussion, is a kind of analysis of the biblical text, pulling phrases that begin with possessive pronouns. Review: In Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Song of Songs’ the Beloved Is Beauty 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z “By general consent,” wrote pianist Charles Rosen, “Mozart’s greatest achievement in chamber music is the group of string quintets with two violas.” Musicians at Marlboro provide lovely reading of Mozart 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z He also runs his own hair salon and plays the viola. The scratch orchestra of Kinshasa 2013-05-09T17:29:43Z Volumes of violins, violas, cellos and basses bent notes as a stoic speeding motorcyclist cut across the vast Scottish countryside. Mica Levi and orchestra go truly 'Under the Skin' at the Regent 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Two violinists, a cellist and a viola player were aboard a flight that was delayed for three hours on the tarmac in Beijing on Friday. Stuck on China tarmac, Pa. orchestra plays concert 2013-06-07T19:05:08Z Tyrell cements his connection with June after he and his best friend, Jeremiah, show her a secret space where she can practice her beloved viola. Karina Yan Glaser’s First Non-Vanderbeekers Novel 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z And while the subject matter no longer shocks, the dissonance, atonality and droning viola remain startling. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z Those numbers include five violins in the first section, four in the second section, three violas, two cellos and the bass: a small string orchestra, essentially. American String Project thinks big at Benaroya Hall 2010-05-12T22:57:00Z Chances are that in this awkward yet riveting moment, you witnessed a viola solo, a phenomenon that is rare in chamber music, often fleeting and even physically taxing. Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Bach reversed these roles, such that the violas perform virtuosic solo lines while the viols amble along in repeated eighth notes. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In one previous experiment, a violinist wore an EEG cap while listening to a viola player. Meet the encephalophone: An instrument you can play with your mind, just by thinking 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The 21 variations on the Passacaglia are punctuated with cadenzas for cello, viola and violin in turn and these anguished outbursts were delivered with passionate conviction by the Vertavo players. Vertavo String Quartet – review 2013-06-11T18:09:14Z The performance also included some surprising prominence from the viola, superbly performed by O'Neill, in the first and third movements. Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival presents concert of darkness, light 2011-07-28T19:25:04Z The star is a silky passion fruit custard, its surface a little art show of miniature meringues, honey “caviar” and colorful violas. Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z His explorations of instrumental byways have included a concerto for viola da gamba, a song for voice and baryton, and a duet for two lutes. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z Sometimes they play with the intense seriousness of orchestral soloists; at others they fiddle as if at a hoedown; at still others they strum the violin and viola like guitars. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 16-22 2012-11-15T23:10:06Z Ted Hearne’s “Vessels,” for violin, viola and piano, creates an abstract yet alluringly visual image. Music Review: Wet Ink in Gaudeamus Muziekweek at New Issue Project Room 2012-01-28T00:48:03Z Green is a multi-instrumentalist, playing anything from guitars to keyboards, cello, harp, banjo, percussion and zither, while his colleagues add bass, synth or viola. The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends: Folk Songs II – review 2012-08-02T20:45:01Z “Ruptured Horizon,” set to Jessica Pavone’s live viola and droning noises, becomes overshadowed by its costume changes, including an array of neon print ponchos and tunics, and, toward the end, black-and-white fringe. Review: Anna Sperber Plays With Light, Movement and Architecture in ‘Ruptured Horizon’ 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “Autumnal” is the word most often used in association with Brahms’s viola sonatas. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The son of an evangelical minister, Mr. Norman played keyboards in worship bands in his teens and the viola in a youth orchestra. Andrew Norman on Loving ‘Star Wars’ and Pushing Musical Boundaries 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Muhly's own pieces for piano, violin and viola were tremendous: passionate dialogues. Wozzeck; A Scream and an Outrage – review 2013-05-18T23:05:43Z Sorey, at center, conducts an ensemble of just three musicians, playing viola, keyboards and percussion: nearly the same instrumentation as Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel.” Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z In the land of chamber music, violin, viola and cello are barely company, let alone a crowd. Camerata Pacifica introduces John Harbison's curvy string trio 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z A moody, lyrical and sometimes haunting middle section preceded the Allegro finale, a rambunctious conclusion with vigorous exchanges between viola and cello. Music Review: Clarinets and Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-01T20:47:40Z The cycle is capped with two extensive summations; the final “Complainte” brings together voices and violas in a melancholy outpouring. Classical Playlist: Holliger, Pieczonka, Sivan Magen and More 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z They sat next to each other in the local choir, and played in the orchestra — Mr. Gerhaher on viola, Mr. Huber on double bass. 30 Years on, the World’s Greatest Song Partnership Flourishes 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z “My father was a violist and sometimes played the clarinet part of Brahms’s chamber music for clarinet on the viola,” he said. The Swedish Clarinetist Martin Frost Wants to Move Beyond Traditional Concert Formats 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The two works seemed to complement the spare, stark gestures of Morton Feldman’s “The Viola in My Life” No. 3, part of a series he began in 1970 for viola with different instrumental combinations. At the Stone, the Flux Quartet Flexes Its Muscles 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z For Ligeti’s “Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances,” two lines of players faced each other, woodwind and viola on one side, the rest of the strings on the other. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z "I was shunted on to it because I was tall – you need long arms for the viola – and because nobody else in the school orchestra played it." Jo Hamilton 2011-07-09T23:05:39Z Standing outside the classroom, Carol Moore wiped away tears as she peered through the doorway at her son, Jayden, 11, who was playing viola. An Orchestra Adopts a City, One Kid at Time 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Both performed with the unnamed ensemble, essentially a chamber orchestra in which the violin and viola sections were replaced by six guitarists, with Mr. Utley as essentially the concertmaster. Music Review: ?Passion de Jeanne d?Arc? at Alice Tully Hall - Review 2011-10-31T21:57:44Z A harpsichord, a theorbo and a viola da gamba sound alongside an upright piano and an electric organ. A Queer Revolutionary Classic Book, Now Onstage With Music 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z At another, Mr. Bashmet’s viola quietly but forcefully cut through in graceful punctuation. Crescendo, in Double Time 2010-09-01T11:43:00Z He further blended the sound by moving the cellos from the orchestra’s outside edge to the inside, and the violas from inside to outside. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, cello and viola, “Backlight,” according to the program notes, explores the idea of light and shadow. Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs Meredith Monk’s Instrumental ‘Backlight’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Elgar is a clever colorist who knows how to pair his mezzo-soprano with the warm-toned accompaniment of cellos and violas, instruments that mimic and support the voice particularly well. ‘Gerontius,’ where have you been? Seattle Symphony brings seldom-heard piece to vibrant life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The repetitive second movement long outstayed its welcome; perhaps reflecting Mr. Rossi’s background as a frequent collaborator with Philip Glass, descending string motifs recurred incessantly over viola pizzicatos. Music Review: Tribeca New Music Festival Features Jack Quartet 2010-06-06T22:14:00Z Much later that night, after midnight, the drummer Sameer Gupta played through his arrangements of Bollywood soundtrack songs with sitar, cello and viola appended to a jazz trio. Critic?s Notebook: Jammed Sessions Abound at a Village Jazz Festival 2011-01-10T00:00:16Z As she writes in a composer’s note, the relationship between the viola and the orchestra “transforms” over this 19-minute work’s three movements. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He hopped off at the Greenpoint Avenue station and waved to his daughter Amelia, 8, as she got on to play the prelude on the viola, a red-and-green mitten dangling from her fingering hand. For the Solstice, a Bach Appearance on the G Train 2012-12-23T22:44:46Z A slice of the tender, rich poundcake is virtually swallowed up by ricotta, sabayon, strawberries and violas. Restaurant Review: Untitled at the Whitney in the Meatpacking District 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Using the same kind of materials and methods from centuries ago, McCluskie, a luthier who works out of his home in Potomac, Md., turns out one violin or viola a month. Stringing together a passion and a livelihood 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z That tenderness infuses Ms. St. George’s show, an affectionate, thoroughly researched musical biography for which she was joined by Ross Patterson on piano, Don Falzone on bass and Karen Waltuch on viola. Music Review: Elaine St. George Sings Songs by Steve Goodman 2014-03-28T20:47:37Z It was quiet except for what sounded like live viola music and the communal swooshing of ballgowns and feet on the hardwood floor. LAXArt Gala, a night of art-magic and mystery at Greystone Mansion 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z With the violas now taking the place of the violins, the sound shifted down an octave, its burnished sheen given body with brasses and punctuated by sometimes raucous percussion. Philip Glass Is Too Busy to Care About Legacy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Ravel composed the work for the piano, but here it was performed in an arrangement for flute, harp and viola by the harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z He'll be making his public debut on viola, just so he can take part in it. Seattle Chamber Players tour Mediterranean in 'Icebreaker' festival 2012-02-15T22:23:04Z Now we want to convince those curious friends to love string quartets — the intimacy, intensity and joy of two violins, a viola and cello. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love String Quartets 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z And the composer Christian Frederickson, playing a stew of ominous hums and buzzes, viola melodies and rock backbeats, is an outsider with greater influence than any other performer. Dance Review: Pavel Zustiak’s ‘Painted Bird’ Blurs Insiders and Outsiders 2013-07-02T21:27:31Z The doubling of Mozart’s beloved viola opened a visit of greater contrapuntal possibilities. Musicians at Marlboro provide lovely reading of Mozart 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z In a program featuring three classics of the relatively small but vibrant viola repertory, the drama was conveyed almost entirely through the piano parts. Music Review: A Viola and a Piano in Search of Common Ground 2011-05-01T21:13:51Z "Just tuning up my harp and viola, been asked by patti smith to join her again as part of her backing band," he wrote. Patti Smith writing detective novel 2011-01-27T10:13:03Z Mr. Lin and Mr. Marica delicately highlighted the harmonic quirks of the first movement; Mr. Lin played the elegiac viola solo beautifully. Amphion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The lineup included guitar, violin, viola and cello, so they were, in effect, an electric guitar-led string quartet, and played with an idiosyncratic, folksy, contemporary-classical solemnity. Bill Frisell: Sign of Life: Music for the 858 Quartet ? review 2011-08-25T20:46:01Z The andante, haunted by the raw viola textures at its opening, was equally fiercely sustained. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Rattle – review 2013-01-30T18:44:44Z The Catalan-born early-music luminary frequently combines his roles as a viola da gamba player and conductor with a passion for history. ‘The Routes of Slavery’ traces a musical journey of resilience in the face of inhumanity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The rest of the program was played by a large group, in Baroque terms: eight violins, two violas, two cellos, bass, Baroque guitar, theorbo and harpsichord. Music Review: Baroque 4x4 Festival at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 2012-08-28T21:04:06Z Crucial solo lines break through, especially a dark, intense melody for viola. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-10-16T20:08:49Z Among the instrumental music, Harnoncourt goes back to his beginnings as a string player in the Cello Suites and the sonatas for viola da gamba, while Thomas Zehetmair plays the solo-violin works. The Complete Bach Edition on USB – review 2013-04-17T15:30:21Z Partly through Mr. Vardi’s efforts, the viola emerged from the shadows, with solo recitals now a routine feature of classical concert programming. Emanuel Vardi, a Champion of the Viola, Dies at 95 2011-02-07T05:02:48Z Saturday’s matinee pairs the Brahms concerto with Dvorak’s String Quintet in E flat, with Alan Gilbert taking up the viola alongside the Philharmonic players. Classical & Opera Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z After Janácek's String Quartet No 2, "Intimate Letters", given a searing performance properly dominated throughout by the potent viola playing of Lawrence Dutton, they finished with the Berg. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z At the Royal Festival Hall, Buckle, of the Philharmonia, invited a colleague, Joseph Fisher, who plays the viola in the orchestra, to give it a try. Trombone Champ Makes a Hit Video Game of an Unlikely Instrument 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But then came the ne plus ultra, the infinitely lyrical and endlessly serious quintet, with Grosz returning to take the viola part. Janine Jansen string sextet ? review 2012-05-18T10:37:27Z Performers wielding a copious assortment of electronic gear — along with acoustic outliers like a viola da gamba or a church organ — played at night in clubs and other venues in downtown Durham late last week. At Moogfest, Electronics Stimulate Ears and Emotions 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Sarah Darling, who plays viola and violin as a member of Boston’s A Far Cry orchestra, wasn’t sure whether going online made sense. Entertainers promised to see us through the quarantine. Even they are running out of steam. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z After downing their brass and mastering violas, cellos and fiddles, the resultant sound spawned the monster hit Come on Eileen. Call that a change of direction? 2010-07-05T20:31:00Z I had fallen in love with the viola as an elementary school student. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Spillers and fellow soloists Eden Pawlos, 16, and Madison Cole, 17, are students at Key to Change, a nonprofit that teaches violin and viola to underserved students in South King County. How Renton’s Key to Change is making a difference in classical music 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z For this activity, thinner, flatter leaves and flowers like violas, pansies and cosmos work best. Decorate your home using materials that come straight from the garden 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z We enter a symphonic troposphere where clouds are clotted harmonies, where turbulence is a string orchestra plucking and strumming violins and violas like guitars. Review: At a time of disruption, Dudamel returns to the L.A. Phil for premieres by Ellen Reid and Gabriella Smith 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Behind her is a painting in dark umber of a viola da gamba, a stilled music that suggests or confirms the love theme of the picture. Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Two years after my brain first became inflamed, I stood next to three of my colleagues on a stage holding my viola. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Between practicing the viola, working at a local tea shop and homework, spring break was really her only chance to cram in those service hours. For spring break, students squeeze in volunteer hours and give back 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z But his background in arts and entertainment, including years studying violin and viola, as well as a stint as a professional stand-up comedian, also contribute to a good fit. Meet Town Hall Seattle’s new director 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z This is where Jones’ viola da gamba comes in. Can music inspire more people to care about climate change? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He swims, bikes and plays the violin and the viola in quartets and an orchestra. Yes, they are tall. No, they do not play basketball 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z I returned to playing the violin before the viola. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z I had the honor of sitting second chair in the viola section, representing Washington at this event. Music students make resounding return to the NAfME Northwest concert stage 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z A: During a rehearsal, he would literally stop and go, “Second desk of the violas out of tune.” How Burt Bacharach became one of Elvis Costello’s greatest collaborators 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z After graduating from college with a degree in music education and concentrations in violin and viola, Slocumb played in orchestras throughout northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. How a real-life stolen violin inspired Brendan Slocumb's bestselling mystery 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z His doting mother signed him up to study classical piano when he was 7, and Cale proved a prodigy, learning viola and bass in addition to piano. John Cale at 80, on collaborations old (Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, David Bowie) and new 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Because the violin is much lighter than the viola, my atrophied arm muscles were able to hold it. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z I’m going to play viola because I know I can succeed in that,’” she says. Learning to be a conductor is exorbitantly pricey. A new L.A. co-op offers a corrective 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Stooping and springing, Biondi’s animated guidance of the “Messiah” infused it with fresh vitality — the violins and violas digging in hard through the night, as though the players were trying to spark kindling. Perspective | Move over, Mariah: For my Christmas spirit, I went all in on Handel 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Baker said she wanted her son, Matthew, to take up the viola, but he rebelled against that and ended up with a guitar, in which he is classically trained. Ex-NSO violinist Jenny Oaks Baker touring with family in Christmas concert series 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Broe teaches dozens of students piano, cello and viola and runs several performance groups. Family Ties. Political Divisions. 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z When I was well enough to begin seriously practicing the viola, I worked extensively with a metronome, a device that musicians use to keep a steady beat. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The viola part explores not only the instrument’s rich low register, but in the variations goes dazzlingly high with stratospheric harmonics. Review: Composer Lina González-Granados makes a big splash in the big outdoors in her Bowl debut 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Two violinists, a viola player and a cellist from First Baptist Church of Jackson played for 68 inmates Tuesday at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. String quartet brings music to inmates in Mississippi prison 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Later, the instrument he played most often in public was the viola da gamba, from which the cello is partially derived. Richard Taruskin, provocative scholar of classical music, dies at 77 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z The network is Ms. Broe’s constant companion after she finishes teaching hours of music lessons each day, the sound of viola and piano in the house replaced with the chatter of pundits. Family Ties. Political Divisions. 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z But every time I take my viola out of its case, I feel grateful to be able to think like a musician again. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Her viola — starkly expressive in the recitative, rich and resonant in the song and dazzlingly virtuosic in the variations — might have been a superhuman mezzo-soprano. Review: Composer Lina González-Granados makes a big splash in the big outdoors in her Bowl debut 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Other edible flowers include violas, snapdragons, lavender and — Cunningham’s current experiment — fuchsias. How to grow a cocktail or tea garden for standout drinks with the freshest flavors | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Toben has always been a musician, playing the violin and viola growing up before turning his hand to singing as part of his musical exams. Teenage blind opera singer has no barriers 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Musically, the viola tends to play a collaborative and supportive role in an orchestra. How violist Jim Kelly would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z While performing in the viola section of an orchestra recently, my mind drifted briefly to the complex method through which the brain comprehends time. A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without time 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z And @Solo_Since97 shifted blame, tweeting, “The director that made viola Davis do that duck face may need to serve time.” When they go low, Viola Davis' fans go high and defend her Michelle Obama portrayal 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z For the one formal concert, Adams conducted Louis Andriessen’s “De Staat” with blaring brass, screaming winds, electric guitars and keyboards, a pair of harps and a four violas who had little hope being heard. Review: L.A. Phil revives 'Noon to Midnight' with startling, riotous sound 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Cellos, violins, violas and other instruments lay on the train platform next to their young and disoriented owners. ‘I want to feel safe’: Ukraine youth orchestra now refugees 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z He picked up violin — the same instrument his late grandfather played — in third grade and added viola in high school, where he also studied violin repair. How violist Jim Kelly would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z As a child, she gave up viola lessons in favor of piano; at 12, she insisted on becoming a professional volleyball player — “I was so bad,” she says — then at 14, she studied psychology. Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada on finding the beauty in heartbreak 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Key to Change also has a violin/viola studio to serve South King County students of color and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Orchestrating social justice: Next steps for classical music in Seattle 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Bach, for example, dramatically breaks down traditional instrumental hierarchies when he gives prominence to the usually buried viola section in the third concerto. Commentary: It's been a year to rethink Bach's 'Brandenburg' Concertos 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z I’m a classically trained viola player and an undergraduate music major. Review | He saw a ‘noble’ future for Black and Indigenous composers. 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