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PRELUDE FOR SOLO VIOLA op.402 (1989)
The Prelude from "Benedictus" as a concert piece.
Instrumentation: Solo Viola [Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 6 mins
Sheet Music Available
Instrumental parts for saleRecordings Available
Benedictus CBS/Sony CD CBS HB2
Notes
The first performance was really given by Frederick Riddle at the premiere of the original version of the oratorio 'Benedictus' in Worth Abbey in 1980 when he bowed and fingered it and prepared it for concert performance. He played it magnificently on many further occasions and finally edited it as a separate solo work for publication in 1989.
The Prelude is also used as a diploma test piece.
Performances
| 6th June 2005 | Maria Jose, Diploma recital Duke's Hall Royal Academy of Music |
| May 1980 | Frederick Riddle, Worth Abbey |
Related Works
'BENEDICTUS'
op.282
(February 1979)
Listen to this Work
Dramatic oratorio for tenor, speaker, chorus, solo viola and orchestra
Dramatic oratorio for tenor, speaker, chorus, solo viola and orchestra
'Prelude For Solo Cello'
op.463
(March 1994)
An arrangement of the Prelude to 'Benedictus' (see op.402)
An arrangement of the Prelude to 'Benedictus' (see op.402)