Bartok: Viola Concerto

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Moderato

2. Adagio & 3. Allegro Vivace

3. Allegro Vivace (practice)

The Viola Concerto was one of the last pieces Bartok started writing, months before his death in 1945. As he only left sketches and instructions, the work was finished by Tibor Serly, and that is the version presented here. While the first movement is long and rhapsodic, the second and third movements are much more brief, this is as Bartok instructed.

These piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you listen to the piano part for this work. Please scroll down for samples and performance details for each movement.

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4 crotchet click-beats at beginning to set pulse

Bars 10-13: minim click-beats (2 per bar) indicate pulse where piano is silent

Bar 14 (a tempo): 3 crotchet click-beats indicate pulse of this bar before piano re-enters

Bars 73-75: minim click-beats (2 per bar) indicate pulse where piano is silent

Bars 127-144 (cadenza): click-beats indicate pulse where piano is silent

Bars 160-161: minim click-beats (2 per bar) indicate pulse in these two bars

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2 click-beats at beginning to set pulse

Bars 53-57: minim click-beats (2 per bar) indicate pulse through these bars

Movement 2 leads straight into Movement 3

This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.

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4 click-beats at beginning to indicate pulse

This is a slower version of the third movement