Evolution of Viola Music (1716 - 1994) 

It was never underappreciated. Most great composers played it and held it in high regard, including Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Dvorak. Beethoven even said it was his favorite string instrument, even more beautiful than the violin thanks to its mellower tone. It was only recently that a, ugh, certain pair of classical music RU-vidrs whose content supports hate towards the viola. I still think their content is sometimes good and it definitely spreads interest in classical music to a younger audience, but their jokes about violas and ignorance about opera really made me lose my good opinion about them.

@@rafexrafexowski4754twoset?

@@rafexrafexowski4754 BRO ARE YOUUU SRSSS TWOSET VIOLIN Clearly JOKES ABT IT BUT THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR VIOLA AND OPERA GANG SACRELIGIOUS!!!

⁠@@rafexrafexowski4754you forgot Berlioz. He didn’t play it, but he certainly appreciated it.

​​@@wonderfulworld3503There are way more musicians other than their fan base

What a beautiful work! I did'nt know it, until now.

LMFAAOO AND IT SAYS PP

@@isha9300 pp-very soft

Matthew Lipman

0:00 Telemann (1716) - Rose Armbrust Griffin 0:44 Bach (1721) - Paul Neubauer, Michael Klotz 1:15 Stamitz (1774) - Cristina Cordero 2:05 Mozart (1779) - Julian Rachlin (vi), Sarah McElravy (vl) 2:46 Beethoven (1797) - Cho Jaehyun 3:13 Hummel (1798) - Timothy Ridout 3:58 Weber (1809) - Cristina Cordero 4:57 Mendelssohn (1824) - Anibal Dos Santos 6:16 Paganini (1834) - Victor R.H. Chen 6:56 Schumann (1851) - Tabea Zimmermann 7:35 Vieuxtemps (1881) - Steven Baloue 8:29 Glazunov (1894) - Kathryn Severing 9:34 Brahms (1894) - Sejune Kim 10:05 Forsyth (1903) - Joanna Lawcewicz-Musialik 10:40 Bowen (1905) - Timothy Ridout 11:12 Enescu (1906) - Andrew Gonzalez 11:56 Bruch (1911) - Cristina Cordero 13:06 Reger (1916) - Antoine Tamestit 13:47 Clarke (1919) - Richard Yongjae O'Neill 14:30 Walton (1929) - Roberto Diaz 15:04 Vaughan Williams (1934) - Kristina Horrocks 15:29 Hindemith (1935) - Antoine Tamestit 16:00 Milhaud (1943) - Roland Glassl 16:24 Stravinsky (1944) - Maria Strojniak 17:11 Bartók (1945) - Luosha Fang 17:47 Bloch (1951) - Matthew Lipman 18:40 Martinů (1952) - Marina Thibeault 19:32 Fuchs (1953) - Caroline Olsen 20:16 Shostakovich (1975) - Marc Sabbah 20:56 Penderecki (1984) - Laura Liu 21:48 Takemitsu (1994) - Ryo Oshima

I used the 2020 book 'Notes for Violists' ( www.google.com/books/edition/Notes_for_Violists/yokIEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 ) as the basis for this video, and the video is not meant to be comprehensive.

what piece?

@@musicarchvVivaldi concerto for viola d’amore

what? clarkes sonata is so amazing

@@s3ri0uz99 I personally don't feel anything from it, but I can see how others would like it or love it. I've played through it and it's very simple, perhaps that's why I feel the way I do about it. I've looked through the piano score too and the harmonies are just a little bland. On the upside - I was listening to classical radio in my car the other day to a vocal work by R Clarke and was VERY surprised when the announcer said it was by R Clarke. *That* work was more moving for me than the sonata. All composers have hit and misses... and I just don't feel anything from Clarke's viola sonata... and one might think that I of all people would like the sonata considering it features the viola.

P.S. 8:31 - Glasunow's work. I wasn't moved by this rendition but I know the piece is amazing when played well. The one presented in this video sounded like a recording "designed" to help students learn it. It was very plain. The piece is in my repertoire and perhaps people don't like the way I play it! That's fine with me. It's always up to the audience.

Liam, I upvoted your comments even though I disagree with your vitriolic slings and arrows against Clarke's works for viola.