Perhaps the best known part of the piece is the central serenade played by a solo viola.

His work Styx is written for solo viola, chorus and orchestra.

Sun for solo viola (or violin) and 12 string instruments (1971)

This variation features a melody for solo viola.

This piece, a dialogue between solo viola and strings, has a stage-managed quality I instinctively distrust.

It consists of eight variations on a folk tune melody first played on the solo viola.

At the start, a solo viola in the back of the orchestra begins a muted, much-repeated six-note theme.

Harold en Italie is a four-movement work featuring an extensive part for solo viola.

Idols of Perversity for solo viola and string ensemble (1974)

Bach used the solo viola only rarely in his cantatas (twice, according to Boyd); he may have played these solos himself.

Perhaps the best known part of the piece is the central serenade played by a solo viola.

His work Styx is written for solo viola, chorus and orchestra.

Sun for solo viola (or violin) and 12 string instruments (1971)

This variation features a melody for solo viola.

This piece, a dialogue between solo viola and strings, has a stage-managed quality I instinctively distrust.

It consists of eight variations on a folk tune melody first played on the solo viola.

At the start, a solo viola in the back of the orchestra begins a muted, much-repeated six-note theme.

Harold en Italie is a four-movement work featuring an extensive part for solo viola.

Idols of Perversity for solo viola and string ensemble (1974)

Bach used the solo viola only rarely in his cantatas (twice, according to Boyd); he may have played these solos himself.