Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)

Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), a great genius of the viola, is little known to today’s public.

Timothy Ridout pays tribute to this key figure in his instrument’s history with a flamboyant programme featuring music by Tertis’s friends, teachers and students alongside some of his own original works and transcriptions.

A marvellous musical journey, rich in discoveries.

 York Bowen (1884-1961) , Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) , Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , Robert Schumann (1810-1856) , Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) , William Wolstenholme (1865-1931) , Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) , Eric Coates (1886-1957) , Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , Cecil Forsyth (1870-1941) , John Ireland (1879-1962) a.o.

• Bowen: Viola Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 18
• Brahms: Minnelied Op. 71 No. 5
• Bridge: Allegro appassionato (H82)
• Bridge: Pensiero
• Clarke, Rebecca: Viola Sonata
• Coates, E: First Meeting
• Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
• Forsyth, C: Chanson celtique
• Ireland: The Holy Boy
• Kreisler: Liebesleid
• Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
• Reed, W H: Rhapsody for Viola & Piano
• Schumann: Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2
• Tertis: Hier au soir
• Tertis: Sunset - Coucher du Soleil
• Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong
• Wolstenholme: Allegretto, Op. 17 No. 2
• Wolstenholme: The Question