Music for Violists: solo, accompanied, and in ensembles
Patrick Neher -Concerto in D for Viola and Contrabass, with String Orchestra (2022); 3 distinct movements totaling 18 minutes, for virtuoso performance. Lyrical and fun to play for everyone. Viola solo part edited by Scott Slapin. Bass solo part edited by Patrick Neher
Available as Rental (inquire to purchase the Concerto for your library). Soloists parts with piano reduction accompaniment by Purchase only (below).
Patrick Neher - Concerto in D
for viola, contrabass, with string orchestra
RENTAL $145 Score and String Orchestra Parts 90 day rental. Includes Mechanical License for one performance.
Sheet Music solo parts with Piano Reduction and Demo recording (scott Slapin, viola; Patrick Neher, contrabass with the Bellingham Technical Orchestra strings:
Solo Viola and Contrabass with Piano; $49
Dittersdorf - Sonata in Eb major for Viola and Contrabass; A beautiful, lyrical, Classical duet in three movements. The middle mvt is Minuets-Adagio-Minuets and third mvt is a theme and variations. Very attractive and newly edited for accessibility. Comes with two scores/parts.
Dittersdorf - Sonata in Eb Major
for viola and contrabass $20
Patrick Neher - Games (concert sonata) for Two Violas (2012); Bouncing and lyrical, jazzy, gorgeous second movement. on CD: Music for Friends, Two. Commissioned and Performed by Scott Slapin and Tanya Solomon. Games Mvt. 1 Example - Games Mvt. 2 Example - Games Mvt. 3 Example
Patrick Neher - Games
for two violas $22
Patrick Neher - Quintet no.1 for Strings (1986/87) 2vln, vla, vc, db; virtuosic, polytonal, contrapuntal, 4 mvts., apx. 25 minutes (newly edited and reprinted). Prize winning composition.
Patrick Neher - Quintet no.1
for 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass $33
Patrick Neher - Incantation for solo viola (1991); lyrical, modern melody, full range, apx 6 minutes
Patrick Neher - Treehouse Aria (2003), for viola, cello, and piano; lyrical, for beginning to intermediate players, begins with viola solo, apx 3 minutes
Patrick Neher - Canons and Dances for Two Violas; lyrical, full range, calm to joyous. apx 11 minutes. Edited by Scott Slapin and Tanya Solomon. Commissioned work. On CD Music from the New World - Slapin and Solomon
Patrick Neher - Letters For May, Concerto for Two Violas and Chamber Orchestra, composed for Scott Slapin and Tanya Solomon in 2020. This lyrical and contemporary piece explores the great singing range of the violas in one, almost continuous movement. About 15 minutes. The orchestra is scored for strings without violas, piano, and percussion. (Letters for May on YouTube)
Patrick Neher - Letters For May, Concerto for Two Violas
Solo parts only $22
Full-sized Score and All (solos and orch) Parts $255, Includes mech. license.
Rental is also available, inquire.
Donald Wheelock - String Trio (vn, vla, vc). Composed in 2003, revised in 2019, Wheelock's String Trio is first in ISG Publications new series, Continually Advancing Music. This gorgeous contemporary music is lyrical with penty of Beethoven-like counterpoint.
Audio Examples, with Forester Trio performing: mvt.1, mvt.2, mvt.3, mvt.4, mvt.5
The parts are also available in PDF.
Donald Wheelock - String Trio for violin, viola, cello
Full-sized Score and Parts $36
Richard Heller - Statement for String Trio (1977); Score and Parts. The fifth composition in ISG Publication's exclusive Continually Advancing Music series, is an "older" work by the well-established composer, Richard Heller (Austrian living in Germany). This short but very detailed and mostly atonal work explores many colors and ranges, and provides a focused solo for the viola. Duration c. 04:35.
