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RIVKA GOLANI - LIST OF REPERTOIRE

VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA

Viola Solo and Full Orchestra

*Adaskin, Murray (Canada)    Concerto

Arnold, Malcolm    Concerto

*Barnes, M. (Canada)    Concerto

Bartók, Bèla    Concerto

Bax, Sir Arnold        Fantasy

Berlioz, Hector    Harold in Italy, Op. 16

Bloch, E.    Suite

Bloch, E.    Suite Hébraïque

*Bone (U.K.)    Concerto

*Braun, Yehezkel (Israel)    Carmina Noctuae

*Brégent, G. M.    Concerto

*Chan Ka Nin        Heroine

*Coccioli, Lamberto        Concerto for viola with electronics

*Colgrass, Michael (U.S.A.)        Chaconne for viola and orchestra

*Csapo, Gyula    Concerto

*Darguay, Marcell    Pacific 012

Elgar, Sir Edward    Cello Concerto arr. Tertis

Enescu, G.    Concertpiece

*Ellin, Benjamin    Siksika for viola & orchestra

*Evangelista, José    Concerto

*Fontayn, Jacqueline (Belgium)    Concerto

*Freedman, Harry    "Marigold" Concerto

*Gelman, Steven    Concerto

*Harlap, Aharon    Concerto

*Harman, Chris Paul    Concerto

Hindemith, Paul    Der Schwanendreher, 1935

Hindemith, Paul    Trauermusik

*Hóllos, Máté        Viola Concerto “Itspanhkiakii”        

Holloway, Robin (U.K.)    Concerto

*Holmboe, V. (Denmark)    Concerto

*Hummel, Franz (Germany)    Hatikva

*Hush, David (Australia)    Concerto for viola

*Joseph, Jeffrey (U.K.)    Concerto for viola

Kancheli, G.    Mourned by the Wind

*Kenins, Talivaldis    Concerto

*Koprowski, P. (Canada)    Concerto

*Kulesha, Gary (Canada)    Concerto

*Lake, Larry (Canada)    Slowly I Turn

*Leech, Owen (U.K.)    Viola Concerto – “Music and the Great War”

*Magrane, David (Spain)    Concerto

Martinu, B.    Rhapsodie Konzert, 1952

*Montague, Stephen    “Chinook” for viola and orchestra

Mozart, W. A.    Concerto for bassoon K191 trans. Katims

Norgard, Per (Denmark)    Remembering Child

Paganini, N.    Sonata per la Grand' Viola

Partos, Oedon    Concerto 1 (Song of Praise)

Partos, Oedon        Concerto 2

Penderecki, K.    Concerto

*Peterson, Gary    Concerto

*Ross, Clark        Concerto

Rubbra, Edmund    Concerto

Ruders, Poul (Denmark)    Concerto

*Schafer, R. Murray    Concerto

Schnittke, Alfred    Concerto

*Written for and dedicated to Rivka Golani

 

                    

Seiber, M.        Elegy            2

Serly, Tibor        Concerto

Serly, Tibor        Rhapsodie                                        

*Sohal, Naresh    Concerto                        

*Surdin, M. (Canada)    Concerto

 *Tremblay, Gilles        En Partage for viola & orchestra        

*Turner, Robert        Concerto.                                                                

*Turner, Robert            A Group of Seven            

*Van der Vate, N. (Austria)    Concerto                        

Vaughn Williams, Ralph    Suite in Nine Movements

Walton, William    Concerto in A minor (1929)        

*Wasserman, A. (U.S.A.)    Concerto

*Wasserman, A.    Concerto for 3 violas                

Weber, C.M. von    6 Variations in C, 190    

*Wilson, J. (Ireland)    Concerto "Menora"

Wolfe            Italian Serenade

*Yuasa, Joji (Japan)    Concerto "Revealed Time"

*Zehavi, Oded (Israel)    Viola Concerto

Zimmerman, Berd Alois    Antiphonen

 

Double Concerti

 *Barrera, Luis Caballeria (Spain)    Alterity – 2 violas and 2 viola ensembles

Benjamin, Arthur    Romantic Fantasy-violin and viola

*Black, Brian (Canada)    Viola concerto with choir & children’s choir

Bruch, M.        Doppelkonzert Op. 88-viola & clarinet

Dittersdorf, K.D. von    Concertante in D-viola & double bass

*Ellin, Benjamin (U.K.)    Ahtsimoishkaan- 2 violas and viola ensemble

*Ellin, Benjamin (U.K.)    Nahdoosi-viola & mezzo soprano

*Ellin, Benjamin (U.K.)    Baker Massacre-viola, flute & narrator

*Forsyth, Malcolm    Double Concerto-viola & cello

Hartman, Karl Amadeus    Double Concerto-viola & piano

*Hatzis, Christos    Pyrrichean Dances-viola & percussion

*Heller, Charles    Contact & Toccata – 2 violas, violin & violas

*Heller, Charles    The Two Ravens-viola, flute & narrator

*Heller, Charles    Viola Concerto “Forty Foot Reflector”

*Ho, Alice        Double Concerto-viola & double bass

*Hóllos, Máté     (Hungary)    Empressions – 2 violas & chamber orchestra

*Hóllos, Máté (Hungary)        Message to Alberta – 2 violas & viola ensemble

*Hóllos, Máté     (Hungary)    Viole contra Violenza – 2 violas & ch. orchestra

*Horváth, Balázs (Hungary)    Double cadence avec deux doubles-2 violas

*Jaeger, David    The Grandmother & the Eclipse-2 violas

*Jaeger, David    Thunder and Raven-viola, flute & string quartet

   *Miracle, Quim (Spain)    The Elements – 2 violas & viola ensemble

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus    Symphonie Concertante in D-viola & violin

*Raum, Elizabeth    Persephone & Demeter-viola & violin

*Schmidt, Heather    Double Concerto-viola & French horn

Schneider        Concertante in D major- viola & violin                                                                                                            violin

*Spirea, A. (Israel)    Concerto for electric violin & viola

*Tamir-Kaplan, Na’ama (Israel)    Black Viola – 2 violas and viola ensemble

Vaughn Williams, Ralph    Flos Campi for viola, chorus & orchestra

Vieuxtemps, Henri    Duo Brilliant for violin & viola

*Zehavi, Oded (Israel)    Adon Haselichot 2 violas & viola ensemble

   Triple Concerto

Tippett, Sir Michael    Triple Concerto for violin, viola & cello

 

Viola Solo and Small Orchestra

Bach, J.C.        Concerto in C with strings

*Bankovi, Gyula (Hungary)    Invisible Footsteps-Viola solo & 4 violas

*Bankovi, Gyula (Hungary)    Angels without faces

*Brinch, Gregers    Concerto

Britten, Benjamin    Lachrymae            3

*Cherney, Brian (Canada)    Concerto for viola and 10 instruments        

*Gary, P.        R.G. Concerto

*Ellin, Benjamin (U.K.)    The White Crucifixion (Chagall)                      

*Glick, Srul (Canada)    Concerto for viola and strings

*Hóllos, Máté     (Hungary)    Back to the Blackfoot-Viola solo & 4 violas

Handel, G.F.        Concerto (Henri Casadesus)            

Henze, H.W.    Compases para preguntas ensimismadas    

            Musik für Viola & 22 Spieler, 1969-70    

Hindemith, Paul    Kammermusik Op. 36 No. 4

Hindemith, Paul    Konzertmusik Op. 48

Hoffmeister, F.A.    Concerto in D

Holst, Gustav        Lyric Movement

*MacDonald, Andrew    Tapestries Op. 66        

Partos, Oedon        Yscor for viola and strings         

*Pepa, M.        Invocation for viola and small orchestra

*Pepa, M.        Musical Offering for viola and chamber orchestra

Schubert, J.        Concerto                

Schnittke, Alfred    Monolog for viola and string orchestra        

Sheriff, Noam        Viola Concerto (European premiere)

Stamitz, Anton    Concertos in B Flat Major, F Major, G Major

Stamitz, Karl        Concerto in D Major (Op. 1)                    Concerto in D Major No. 1 (viola d'amore)    

*Strutt, Dal (U.K.)    Conversations-Viola, Chamber Orchestra                                                                Orchestra

Telemann, G.F.    Concerto in G

*Tihanyi, Laszlo (Hungary)    3 Strophes to Tabita-solo viola & 5 violas

Weber, Carl Maria von    Andante & Hungarian Rhondo

Zelter, K.F.        Concerto            

*Zur, Menahem (Israel)    Concerto for viola & chamber ensemble

 

VIOLA AND PIANO

Bach, Johann Sebastian    3 Sonatas for viola da gamba

Bax, Sir Arnold    Sonata for viola and piano

Bax, Sir Arnold    Legend for viola and piano

Beethoven, Ludwig von    Romances Op. 40 and Op. 50

Benjamin, Arthur    Le Tombeau de Ravel

Benjamin, Arthur    Sonata

Berlioz, Hector    Harold in Italy

Bibik, Valentin (Russia)    Sonata

Bliss, Sir Arthur    Sonata for Viola and Piano

Bloch, E.    Suite Hebraïque

Bloch, E.    Suite in A, 1919

*Bone, R. (U.K.)    Sonata

Brahms, Johannes    Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1

Brahms, Johannes    Sonata in E flat major Op. 120 No. 2

*Braun, Yehezkel (Israel)    Nocturno

Britten, Benjamin    Lachrymae Op. 48, 1950

*Chan, Ka Nin    The Charmer

*Cherney, Brian (Canada)    In Stillness Ascending

Cooper, P.    Variant II

*Esser (Holland)    Sonata

*Fisher, A.    Parables and Canons

Handel, G.F.    Sonata in G

Harrison    Sonata

*Harman, Chris (Canada)    Sonata

Henze, H.W.    Sonata, 1979

Herzogenberg    Legenden for viola & piano Op. 62

Hindemith, Paul    Sonata in F Op. 11 No. 4

Hindemith, Paul    Trauermusik

*Holt, Patricia (Canada)    Metamorphosis                

 

Hummel, J.N.    Sonata in E Flat                4

*Jaeger, David (Canada)    Viola and piano            

Kalliwoda, J.W.    Six Nocturnes Op. 186                                       *Kenins, Talivaldis (Canada)    Sonata for Viola and Piano                

*Kulenovic, Vuk    Istriana                

Liszt, Franz    Romance Oubliée for viola & piano

*MacIntosh, Diana (Canada)    Nanuk                

*Mascall, Richard    Rivka                    

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F.    Sonata in C minor        

Milhaud, D    Quatre Visages Op. 238, 1943                 

   Paganini, Niccolo    Sonata per la Grand' Viola        

*Paige, Ken (U.K.)    Viola and piano

Partos, Oedon    Oriental Ballad

Partos, Oedon    Yscor

   Prokofieff, S.    Suite from Romeo & Juliet

Rachmaninov, Sergei    Sonata Op. 19            

   Reinecke    Phantasiestück                

Rolla    Duo Concertant            

   Rubenstein, Anton    Sonata                    

Shostakovich, Dimitri    Sonata

Schubert, Franz    Sonata in A minor, Arpeggione

Schumann, R.    Märchenbilder Op. 113

Schumann, R.    Five Melodies in Folk Style

Seiber, M.    Elegy

*Silveira, Guillermo (Portugal)    T.A.T. - to R. Golani & Alberto Portugheis

Stamitz, K.    Sonata in B Flat

Tal, J.    Duo, 1965

Vieuxtemps, Henri    Elegie Op. 30

Vieuxtemps, Henri    Sonata

Vieuxtemps, Henri    Duo Brilliant for violin, viola & piano

Weber, C.M, von    Andante and Hungarian Rhondo

Wieniawski, H.    Reverie

 

ENCORES

 

Benjamin, Arthur    Jamaican Rumba

Brahms, Johannes    Hungarian Dances, Nos. 1 & 3

Debussy, Claude    Romance

Dinicu    Hora Staccato (rev. J. Heifetz)

Dvorak, A.    Bagatelle Op.47

Fauré, Gustave    Après un rêve

Gluck, C.W.        Melodie (Orpheo)

Granados, E.    Oriental

Kreisler, F.    Liebesfreud

    Liebeslied

    Midnight Bells (rev. Heuberger)

    Schön Rosmarin

Mussorgsky, M.    Hopak (Ukrainian Dance)

Paganini, Niccolo    La Campanella

    Caprices:

    Op. 1 No. 13

    Op. 1 No. 20

    Sonata per la Grand' Viola

Pugnani    Gavotta Variata

Purcell, H.    Aria

Sarasate, P.    Playera Op. 23 No. 1

Schubert, Franz    The Bee

 

 

 

 

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Valle, F.    As pè da foguiera, Preludio XV (rev. J.     Heifetz)

Wieniawski, H.    Caprices:                

    1) Alla Saltarella Op. 10 No. 5

    2) Alla Tarantella Op. 18 No. 4        

 

SOLO VIOLA                        

 

Bach, Johann Sebastian    Six Suites for viola solo

Bach, J.S. - Kodaly, Z.    Fantasia Cromatica

Barnes, M.    Lamentations of Jeremiah        

Berio, L.    Sequenza VI, 1967-68        

*Bone, R. (U.K.)    Elegy for viola and tape            

Brown, Y.    Jester's Lament

Brinch, Gregers (U.K.)    Viola Solo

Britten, Benjamin    Elegie

*Chan, Ka Nin    Soulmate

*Cherney, Brian (Canada)    Seven Miniatures

*Cherney, Brian    Shekhina

*Csapo. Gyula    Tabita Tabita Dance

Davies, Peter Maxwell    Doors of the Sun

Dodge    Elegy for viola & tape

*Ellin, Benjamin (U.K.)    Tak Tak Tak

*Floyd, Monte K. P.(Canada)    Two Stones from Dachau

*Fox, Erika (U.K.)    Rivka's Fiddle            

*Gasner, Moshe (Israel)    Viola & tape

Globokar, Vinko    Limits

*Goldstein, M. (Russia)    Solo Viola

*Hannan (Canada)    Viola solo            

*Healey, Derek (U.K.)    From the West Op. 72

Hindemith, Paul    Sonata Op. 25 No. 1, 1922

*Holliger, H. (Switzerland)    Trema

*Hóllos Matė (Hungary)    Oh Songs, Float from my Lips

*Holmboe, V. (Denmark)    Sonata

*Hush, David (Australia)    Contrapunctus

*Hush, David (Australia)    Concerto 1994

*Ingoldsby, Thomas    Vaela

*Jaeger, David (Canada)    White Moon Legend

Joachim, O.    Requiem

Krenek, E.    Sonata Op. 92 No. 3, 1942

*Lauber, Ann (Canada)    Four Thoughts for Viola Solo

*Ludeke, Ray (Canada)    My Secret Life

*Mascall, Richard (Canada)    Aufschwung

*Mascall, Richard (Canada)    David’s Dance

Matousek, L.    Intimate Music

*Milch-Sheriff, Ella (Israel)    Longing

*Montgomery, J. (Canada)    Solo viola

*Mozetich, M. (Canada)    Baroque Diversion

Murail, T.    Solo piece

*Nichols, Kenneth (Canada)    Psalm

*Paige, Ken (U.K.)    Elegy

*Paige, Ken (U.K.)    Pisces

*Papineau-Couture, J. (Canada)    Prouesse

Patterson, Paul    Tides of Mananan

Petrassi, G.    Viola solo

Reger, M.    Suite in G Op. 131

*Rushby-Smith, John (U.K.)    Anima

*Senator, Ronald (U.S.)    Polish Suite

*Shoot, Vladimir (Russia)    4 Nocturnes                6

*Sohal, Naresh (U.K.)    Shades IV

Stravinsky, Igor    Elegy, 1944

*Thrower, J. (Germany)    Through Time and Space        

*Turner, Sara    Reflections I & II            

Vieuxtemps, Henri    Capriccio                

*Weinzweig, John (Canada)    Tremologue        

*Winiarz, J. (Canada)    Mosaic                

Wolpe, S.    Piece, 1966            

*Zehavi, Oded (Israel)    Voices of the Earth            Zimmerman, Berd Alois    Sonata, 1955

SOLO VIOLA – First Nations Project

 

*Balogh, Máté (Hungary)    Song for the Persecuted

*Barrera, Lluis Caballeria (Spain)    Black

*Black, Brian (Canada)    Indignation

*Heller, Charles    Contact and Toccata

*Hóllos, Máté (Hungary)    Metamorphoses of a Message

*Jaeger, David (Canada)    Eclipsing Part I & II

*Jaeger, David     Landscape for Viola – six miniatures

*Kondor, Adam (Hungary)    Nishmat Kol Chai (2020)

*Mascall, Richard (Canada)    Head Smashed in/David’s Dance

*Miracle, Quim (Spain)    Adagio and Allegro

*Paige, Ken (Britain)    Elegy

*Sheriff, Ella (Israel)    Four Miniatures – Dialogue (2 violas), Play (2 violas), Parting, Longing

*Shoot, Vladislav    Four Nocturnes

*Zehavi, Oded (Israel)    The Cry of the Earth

                        

VIOLA AND ONE INSTRUMENT

Bax, Sir Arnold    Fantasy Sonata for viola & harp        

  *Beecroft, Norma (Canada)    Viola, flute & tape        

*Beecroft, Norma    Viola & tape                

*Danna, Mychael    Viola & tape

Dodge, C.    Elegy for viola & tape

Handel-Halvorsen    Passacaglia (viola & violin)

Hatchis    Viola, flute & tape

Hindemith, Paul    Duet (viola & cello), 1934

*Hush, David (Australia)    Duo (viola & violin)

Jacob    Miniature Suite (viola & clarinet)

*Jaeger, David    Favour (viola & tape)

*Jaeger, David    Sarabande (viola & tape)

*Lake, Larry (Canada)    Viola, bassoon & tape

Lutoslawski, W.    Duo (viola & cello        

    Martinu, B.    Three Madrigals (viola & violin), 1949

*Mather, Bruce (Canada)    Duo for two violas

*MacIntosh, Diana (Canada)    Viola & tape

*Morawetz, Oscar (Canada)    Sonata for viola & harp

Piston    Duo (viola & cello), 1953

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus    Duets K. 423 and K. 424 (viola & violin)

*Pepa, Michael    Invocation (viola & harp)

Ramati Haubenstock    Duo (viola and 1 wind instrument)

*Southam, Ann (Canada)    Retuning (viola & tape)

Toch    Divertimento Op. 37 No. 2 (viola & violin),

    1925

VIOLA AND PERCUSSION

*Beecroft, Norma (Canada)    Troissants (viola & 2 percussionists)

*Chan Ka Nin    The Charmer (viola & 2 percussionists)

*Cherney, Brian (Canada)    Beyond the Seventh Palace (viola & 1    percussionist)

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Colgrass, Michael    Variations for viola and four tom toms           

*Hiscott, Jim (Canada)    Romantic Nights (viola & 2 percussionists)

*Jaeger, David (Canada)    Fool's Paradise (viola and 2 percussionists

   *Lake, Larry (Canada)    Slowly I Turn (viola, 2 percussionists,        synthesizer & tape)

  *Mather, Bruce (Canada)    Gattinara (viola & marimba)        

*Ross, Clark Winslow    Wanderlust (viola & 2 percussionists)

   *Tittle, S. (Canada)    Messages IV (viola & marimba)        

 

TRIOS

*Brinch, Gregers (U.K.)    Joy and Woe (violin, viola & piano)

Colgrass, Michael    Viola, piano & voice

*Gasner, Moshe (Israel)    The Scream (viola, piano & voice)

Turner, Robert    Viola, piano & voice                        

                                    

VIOLA AND STRING QUARTET

*Desjardins, Jacques    Sur la Corde Raide

*Murphy, Kelly Marie    Dance Me Through the Panic

*Parker, Michael    Traditional Music, Op. 57

 

SEXTET

*Balogh, Máté         Song for the Persecuted – 6 violas

*Hollos, Maté  (Hungary)    Riviola for 6 violas

*Heslop, Caroline    City Walk for 6 violas

*Kondor, Adam    Mass (Bizarre Objects VIII) for 6 violas

 

*Written for and dedicated to Rivka Golani

Note:  Ms Golani plays the traditional chamber music repertoire

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