Arrangement: Schubert Sonatina in A minor Opus 137, no. 2 for Flute and String Quartet

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Transcription: Tchaikovsky Barcarolle (June) from "The Seasons" for cello and piano

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Transcription: Lili Boulanger Nocturne and Cortege for Viola and Piano

Published by International Music Company and available through this link.

Transcription: Massenet's Méditation from Thaïs for viola and piano

I think that the best known musical meditation is the one from Jules Massenet's 1894 Opera Thaïs. The action that accompanies this piece happens offstage, when Thäis leaves her life as a pleasure-seeking courtesan, and enters religious life. After the Méditation, the monk Athanaël, who had persuaded Thäis to convert, realizes that he is in love with her.

The Méditation is set for solo violin, two harps, winds, and a chorus of closed-mouth singers. For my transcription for viola and piano I transposed the piece into G major (a fifth lower), and rewrote the piano part to better reflect the colors, pitches, and motion of the original score.

Martin Pierre Marsik's piano reduction of the Méditation was published by Heugel in 1894, and I imagine it was approved by Massenet. But Marsik's piano reduction doesn't sound very good transposed a fifth lower, and a need for a setting of the piece for viola and piano wasn't on anybody's radar during Massenet's lifetime.

Just for a lark, after making my viola and piano edition, I made a personal copy transposed back into the original key, and when I played it on the violin with a pianist friend, it felt better to play with than the Marsik piano reduction. But I guess I am a bit biased.

My edition is now available from the International Music Company (and will be among the new issues on this page soon), and I am very grateful that they respected my choice to rewrite the piano part.

Transcription: Ysaye Reve d'enfant for viola and piano

This transcription is available from the International Music Company.

Arrangements: Elgar Salut d'Amour for Piano Quartet and for Viola and Piano

This is available from the Johnson Music Company. You can find an arrangement of the same piece for piano quintet here.

There is also an International edition of my transcription for viola and piano (they asked me to do all three). You can find it on this page.

Arrangement: Elgar Salut d'amour for Piano Quintet

My transcription of the Elgar Salut d'amour for piano quintet is now available from International! You can order it here.

You can listen to a performance here:

Transcription: Rachmaninoff Sonata, Opus 19

I love playing the Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata on the viola, and I'm happy that the International Music Company liked my transcription (which can be used with the original piano part)! You can get it through the International Music Company's online shop.