Ernest Bloch

Suite for viola and orchestra

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Original title: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.

Scoring: solo viola and large orchestra. Composition date: 1919-20.

Movements:
1. Lento — Allegro — Moderato
2. Allegro ironico
3. Lento
4. Molto...Read more
Original title: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.

Scoring: solo viola and large orchestra. Composition date: 1919-20.

Movements:
1. Lento — Allegro — Moderato
2. Allegro ironico
3. Lento
4. Molto vivo

The composer's orchestration of the 1919 Suite for viola and piano, prepared between June 1919 and March 1920. Premiered on 5 November 1920 in New York by Louis Bailly and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Artur Bodanzky. The original was dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and won her chamber-music competition.

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Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Lior Shambadal (conductor) / Victoria Hall de Geneve, 1 & 2 Sept. 2002Read moreCollapse
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Lior Shambadal (conductor) / Victoria Hall de Geneve, 1 & 2 Sept. 2002

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