If more than six violas are available, it is suggested that violas 1 & 2 remain as solo instruments, whilst violas 3 - 6 form a 'ripieno' band.

Duration 3‐4 minutes.

Even if you do not intend to perform this work, your ensemble will certainly enjoy playing it. [Michael Videluch, 2005]

Duration 17‐18 minutes.

Three linked pieces all based on the number 3: triads, tritones, triplets and so on. The first piece was written in 2007 for the Spanish Academia Internacional di Musica di Solsona at the suggestion of the violist Paul Silverthorne. The composer 'so liked the sound of six violas' that he added two more pieces.

Duration 9‐10 minutes

Two evocative piano miniatures by the Finnish composer, Selim Palmgren, imaginatively arranged for six-part viola ensemble by Simon Rowland-Jones.

Duration 1‐2 minutes each.

Completed in 1987, this is one of Harding's later works for viola ensemble in which he reflects on "over sixty years of delightful experience as a viola player..." Richly textured with occasional references to some of his favourite composers.

Duration 10‐11 minutes

If more than six cellos are available, it is suggested that cellos 1 & 2 remain as solo instruments, whilst cellos 3 - 6 form a 'ripieno' band.

Duration 3‐4 minutes.

A work written for the cello section of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Duration c.5 minutes