Clarke: Viola Sonata

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Impetuoso

1. Impetuoso (practice)

2. Vivace

2. Vivace (practice)

3. Adagio

Rebecca Clarke wrote her monumental viola sonata in 1918/19, and it has since become a mainstay of the viola repertoire. The sonata is full of chromatic invention and utilises many viola effects such as pizzicatos and harmonics. While showing influences of Vaughan-Williams and Debussy, the piece is highly original and expertly written.

These piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you listen to the piano part for this work.

Please scroll down for samples and details of each movement.

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2 crotchet click-beats indicate pulse at beginning before viola enters

Bars 1-12 approx 35 seconds of silence in piano part to allow for viola solo

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2 dotted-crotchet click-beats at beginning indicate pulse before viola enters

This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.