Explore Lawrence Wheeler's Nine Caprices for Solo Viola
Double-stops, shifting, and 20th-century influences abound in this overlooked gem
Lawrence Wheeler.
String players spend a lot time practicing and honing technique. Doing so enables us to develop our abilities and progress to more challenging repertoire. And one of the main tools that we use to help us in this process is playing études—those challenging little pieces that, for many of us, are akin to eating broccoli when we were kids; our parents made us do it because it’s good for us, but we never really wanted to.
Unfortunately, many étude books still taste of broccoli today and are more likely to make the player groan than grin. But what if the violists’ repertoire had more études that reflected musical goals as well as technical ones? And what if those études were compelling musical works in their own right?
Well, violist Lawrence Wheeler has provided the answers in his Nine Caprices for solo viola. These pieces were created to give advanced viola players ...
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