In the composer’s own words ‘Keep in Touch is a lament a sort of chaconne divided up into sections by more freely-composed cadenzas for the Viola.’ The electronic CD supplied with the sheet music includes bluesy singing from Antony Hegarty among other sounds and Muhly clearly relishes the ‘inbetweenness’ of the singing and the falsetto of the Viola. Muhly’s music in this piece plays freely with time and key in a postmodernist way making the ultimate solitude of the Viola touching. Contemporary American composer Nico Muhly is a prolific writer and arranger who at 32 is theyoungest composer ever to have been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His oeuvre includes two operas and many solo pieces and works for small ensemble Orchestra and Chorus and he has collaborated widely. Download the pre-recorded element  HERE . If you encounter any problems please email promotion@musicsales.co.uk .

for middle-fiddle (viola) solo-1908 composition for Viola by Percy Aldridge Grainger.

Solo Viola part for Rolf Wallin's Under City Skin for viola string orchestra and surround sound.

'Five Sketches' was commissioned by Nicholas Logie and first performed by him on 31 May 1984 at the Wigmore Hall.Quoting Maconchy: I have always had a particular affection for the viola with its darktone-colour and its unlimited expressive range.I have tried in these pieces to explore that range and to make them well varied in rhythm and content.The note E which the work begins and endsserves as a sort of “point d’appui” all through.'

Light at the End of the Tunnel. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the Postcards from Composers series in 2020. Written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, the solo viola reacts to the journey through life during the pandemic with despair and agitation, seeking the "light at the end of the tunnel" - a quiet long-held high E natural. Eventually the agitation calms as the E natural resolves to A major, looking to a future of hope.

Per Viola (1992). Par LIM LIZA. / Date parution : 1905-06-25/ Répertoire / Alto

This very short work written in 1997 is for unaccompanied viola. It is intended as a moment of peaceful contemplation after the day’s activities cease.

for Viola solo and 32 musicians. Par EOTVOS PETER. / Date parution : 2022-04-12/ Répertoire / Alto et Instruments Variables

This work was commissioned by Roger Chase. First performance on 16th February 2009 at the Stradivari Music and Arts Center Chicago.