3,127 Notes for Solo Viola
Instrumentation: Viola
Year Composed: 1996
Duration: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Pages: 10
Cost: Purchase: $6.00
Play 3,127 Notes for Solo Viola from a live performance by Jethro Marks (1998)
Review:Performance by Allyson Dawkins (2/1999) reviewed in the San Antonio Express News by Mike Greenburg: "I was impressed with its finely crafted mix of aggressiveness, rhythmic drive and yearning melody."
Program Notes:
3,127 Notes for Solo Viola roughly takes the shape of a rondo in eight parts: ABACABDA. The reoccurring A
music is aggressive and features a pedal point on the open G string and double-stops. By contrast
the B music is slower and more lyrical, and the C music much softer and played sul
ponticello. The return of the slow B-section tune (louder this time) rushes into the short,
flashy D section which precedes the final return of the opening music.