NEW MUSIC
We would like to invite composers who have written for the viol to come forward and list their work on this page. Equally, anyone who knows of compositions for viol, whether commercially available for purchase or not, is invited to send us details: Composer's name, title of work, instrumentation, contact details of composer or publisher. We would also like to include an image of a first page of the work(s) to give players an idea what they are letting themselves in for. If there is a YouTube link or a midi file, even better!
List of new music
Andrews, Michael
Monologue and Minuet for solo bass viol view & buy, also see video of performance Audain, Yvette
Concerning stillness for solo bass viol view & buy Barber, Charlie
Michelangelo Ground, 2 bass viols
view get pdf Beamish, Sally
In dreaming, 5 viols + tenor view Flint Juventino Beppe
Remote Galaxy op.81 (VdG + large symphony orchestra) information
Lying on a Ledge, op.29b information Berger, Dietmar info
Divertissements for Solo viol (3 volumes) buy here (and see 1st page) Bishop, Martha
PRB Productions
Suite for 2 bass viols view
Eight Canonic Duets for bass viols view
Brough, Harvey website
Suite for bass viol view Bryars, Gavin
In Nomine (after Purcell), 6-part consort, Schott Music
Cadman Requiem , 4 voices, 5-6 viols Lachrimae Crepusculae , 5 viols, lute, Schott Music
Tuirimh Mhic Fhinin Dhuibh, voice, 5 viols, arr of song by N. Merchant, voice, 5 viols, theorbo Catterrall, Alexander
email
A Chinese Viol in Am, Tr Tr T T B, view Dolmetsch, Rudolph
PRB Productions
Caprice for solo Viola da Gamba, view Duddell, Joe
Monotype, 4 viols + lute, Schott Music Garrard, Chris
email
Nunatak for 6 viols (2011), view Giguere, Patrick
website Green, Brooke
Shades of Presence Past for Viol Quartet Tr, T, B, B, PRB Productions view
The Shades Tr, T, B, B, VdGSA view Hartl, Heinrich
website
Musikalische Erkursionen fuer Viola da Gamba solo, view Holland, Kevin
Homage for 4 viols, buy music
Winter's Morn, 2 bass viols, buy music Keil, Friedrich
email
Five Fancy Sonata, solo bass viol (2006), view
Consort suite, 4-part (1984)
Duet for 2 bass viols (1986)
Folia ostinato for 3 bass viols (2004)
piece for 3 bass viols (2005)
5-part consort music (2007)
4-part consort (2008)
Meditation for voice and 3 bass viols with text by John Donne (2009)
Four fairies for four, 4-part consort (2010)
4 pieces for solo bass viol (2011)
Duet for violin and bass viol (1993)
Quartet for flute, guitar, bass viol and vibrafon (1998)
6 Szenen fuer Viola da Gamba, view
Book of Fancies a5, part 2 (2006), view Michael Kimbell
downloads available from website
Absage a3 (TTB or TBB) view | video
Chaconne a4 (TrTrTB or TrTBB) view
Come, Sleep a5 (TrTrTBB and/or SSATB chorus) view | video
Fantasia a8 view
Fantasia a2 on "Eeen vrolic wesen" (TB) view
Lacrimae a2 (TB, arrangement of Dowland) view
Pavan of the Twa Corbies a2 (TB) view
Snowfield Fantasia a3 (TBB) view | Viols West 2023.mov
Woodycock a2 (TB, based on old divisions) view
Lange, Gerhard (weblink needed)
Kompositionen fuer Bassgambe, 2 vols (solos and duets), 1995, view McLoskey, Lansing
Haute Dance, baroque vln, theorbo, viol, website Nazaykinskaya, Olga
email
Concerto for two bass viols, strings and organ, op.4 ( I. Lamentatio II. Variations III. Recuerdos de Buenos Aires), 2011, You Tube 1
You Tube 2
You Tube 3 Ratzkowski, Torsten
Corona Overture, 3 bass viols, on the notes A B Es A G E (= Absage in German, Cancellation in English), 2020
website
buy here
download here
Sani, Francesco email
In Nomine for 6-part Consort (Tr Tr T T B B)
Stott, Rachel
email
There is nothing in the world, 5part consort (1996)
Ariel and Caliban, 4part consort (2002)
Songs and Dances from the Lord's Masque, counter tenor, lute, viols (2000)
Tuu Tuu, Tupakkirulla, 2 vln (vln/pd), bass viol, vc, kantele, theorbo, tambourine (2000)
Instruments and bodies, baroque flute, bass viol, harpsichord (2001)
Caribbean Sweetmeats, Viola da Gamba and harpsichord
Notes from a Viol Cabinet, 5-part Williams, Adrian
Teares to Dreames after J Dowland, 5 viols + lute view Wilson-Dickson, Andrew
website
Four Villeneuve Frescoes for 2 bass viols, view Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948)
Leuckart Musik Verlag, Muenchen
Duo g minor for Viola d'amore and Viola da gamba, opus 33 (Serenata) view
VdGSA new music
Monologue and Minuet for solo bass viol view & buy, also see video of performance Audain, Yvette
Concerning stillness for solo bass viol view & buy Barber, Charlie
Michelangelo Ground, 2 bass viols
view get pdf Beamish, Sally
In dreaming, 5 viols + tenor view Flint Juventino Beppe
Remote Galaxy op.81 (VdG + large symphony orchestra) information
Lying on a Ledge, op.29b information Berger, Dietmar info
Divertissements for Solo viol (3 volumes) buy here (and see 1st page) Bishop, Martha
PRB Productions
Suite for 2 bass viols view
Eight Canonic Duets for bass viols view
Brough, Harvey website
Suite for bass viol view Bryars, Gavin
In Nomine (after Purcell), 6-part consort, Schott Music
Cadman Requiem , 4 voices, 5-6 viols Lachrimae Crepusculae , 5 viols, lute, Schott Music
Tuirimh Mhic Fhinin Dhuibh, voice, 5 viols, arr of song by N. Merchant, voice, 5 viols, theorbo Catterrall, Alexander
A Chinese Viol in Am, Tr Tr T T B, view Dolmetsch, Rudolph
PRB Productions
Caprice for solo Viola da Gamba, view Duddell, Joe
Monotype, 4 viols + lute, Schott Music Garrard, Chris
Nunatak for 6 viols (2011), view Giguere, Patrick
website Green, Brooke
Shades of Presence Past for Viol Quartet Tr, T, B, B, PRB Productions view
The Shades Tr, T, B, B, VdGSA view Hartl, Heinrich
website
Musikalische Erkursionen fuer Viola da Gamba solo, view Holland, Kevin
Homage for 4 viols, buy music
Winter's Morn, 2 bass viols, buy music Keil, Friedrich
Five Fancy Sonata, solo bass viol (2006), view
Consort suite, 4-part (1984)
Duet for 2 bass viols (1986)
Folia ostinato for 3 bass viols (2004)
piece for 3 bass viols (2005)
5-part consort music (2007)
4-part consort (2008)
Meditation for voice and 3 bass viols with text by John Donne (2009)
Four fairies for four, 4-part consort (2010)
4 pieces for solo bass viol (2011)
Duet for violin and bass viol (1993)
Quartet for flute, guitar, bass viol and vibrafon (1998)
6 Szenen fuer Viola da Gamba, view
Book of Fancies a5, part 2 (2006), view Michael Kimbell
downloads available from website
Absage a3 (TTB or TBB) view | video
Chaconne a4 (TrTrTB or TrTBB) view
Come, Sleep a5 (TrTrTBB and/or SSATB chorus) view | video
Fantasia a8 view
Fantasia a2 on "Eeen vrolic wesen" (TB) view
Lacrimae a2 (TB, arrangement of Dowland) view
Pavan of the Twa Corbies a2 (TB) view
Snowfield Fantasia a3 (TBB) view | Viols West 2023.mov
Woodycock a2 (TB, based on old divisions) view
Lange, Gerhard (weblink needed)
Kompositionen fuer Bassgambe, 2 vols (solos and duets), 1995, view McLoskey, Lansing
Haute Dance, baroque vln, theorbo, viol, website Nazaykinskaya, Olga
Concerto for two bass viols, strings and organ, op.4 ( I. Lamentatio II. Variations III. Recuerdos de Buenos Aires), 2011, You Tube 1
You Tube 2
You Tube 3 Ratzkowski, Torsten
Corona Overture, 3 bass viols, on the notes A B Es A G E (= Absage in German, Cancellation in English), 2020
website
buy here
download here
Sani, Francesco email
In Nomine for 6-part Consort (Tr Tr T T B B)
Stott, Rachel
There is nothing in the world, 5part consort (1996)
Ariel and Caliban, 4part consort (2002)
Songs and Dances from the Lord's Masque, counter tenor, lute, viols (2000)
Tuu Tuu, Tupakkirulla, 2 vln (vln/pd), bass viol, vc, kantele, theorbo, tambourine (2000)
Instruments and bodies, baroque flute, bass viol, harpsichord (2001)
Caribbean Sweetmeats, Viola da Gamba and harpsichord
Notes from a Viol Cabinet, 5-part Williams, Adrian
Teares to Dreames after J Dowland, 5 viols + lute view Wilson-Dickson, Andrew
website
Four Villeneuve Frescoes for 2 bass viols, view Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948)
Leuckart Musik Verlag, Muenchen
Duo g minor for Viola d'amore and Viola da gamba, opus 33 (Serenata) view
Links
Fretwork ContemporaryVdGSA new music
