Viola Mix er sammensat og redigeret af Kathy og David Blackwell og dækker de musikalske og tekniske elementer der kræves op til Grade 3. Med en række arrangementer, der spænder over forskellige genrer og stilarter.

Kathy og David Blackwell studerede begge musik ved University of Edinburgh. Kathy fortsatte med studier ved University of Oxford, før hun startede en karriere som underviser. Sideløbende har hun komponeret en lang række af pædagogiske stykker. David har arbejdet med flere musikforlag og har komponeret og arrangeret en bred vifte af musik fra kor- og orgelkompositioner til pædagogisk musik for strygere, klaver og en række andre instrumenter. Sammen har de skrevet den prisvindende String Time-serie udgivet af Oxford University Press.

• En del af ABRSM bratsch-pensum fra 2024
• Nye arrangementer og spændede repertoire i en bred vifte af stilarter
• Akkompagnementer til klaver, bratsch og guitar giver fleksibilitet til læring og undervisning
• Med kendt musik som Efterår from De fire årstider og Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious fra Mary Poppins
• Perfekt til bratschister der leder efter repertoiret til “eget valg” i ABRSM’s eksamener

Viola Mix består af 3 hæfter (se indhold længere nede)
Viola Mix, Book 1, Grades Initial to 1
Viola Mix, Book 2, Grades 1 to 2
Viola Mix, Book 3, Grade 3

Viola Mix, Book 1, Grades Initial to 1

Initial Grade
La Bergamasca – Anon. 16th century
Autumn  from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 – Antonio Vivaldi
Let us chase the squirrel – Trad. American
One little candle – Trad. Jewish
I am a fine musician – Trad. German
The bear is sleeping – Trad. Swedish
Boat Song Lullaby – Trad. Chinese
Dumplings – Trad. Jamaican, arr. Nikki Iles
Andulko – Trad. Czech

Grade 1
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious  from Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
High Road to Linton – Trad. Scottish
Melody by Mozart  from Viola Sonata K. 302 – W. A. Mozart
Gavotta – Ignatius Sancho
The pine tree was burning – Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and David Blackwell
The Great Gate of Kyiv  from Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Musorgsky
Agincourt Song – Anon. English 15th century
Royal March of the Lion  from The Carnival of the Animals – Camille Saint-Saëns
Rigaudon  from Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 – Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Jacob’s Ladder – Trad. English
Chevalier’s Rondeau  from String Quartet Op. 1 No. 3 – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Viola Mix, Book 2, Grades 1 to 2

Grade 1
Senwa dedende, senwa – Trad. Ghanaian, arr. Nikki Iles
Chiquinha’s Waltz – Chiquinha Gonzaga
The Hippopotamus – Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Ah, poor bird/Rose, Rose – Trad. English
The Road to Lisdoonvarna – Trad. Irish
Allegretto from Viola Sonata Op. 1 No. 1 – Francesca Lebrun

Grade 2
Dipidu – Trad. Ugandan
The Schoolmaster from Symphony No. 55, Hob. 1:55 – Joseph Haydn
Song of the Birds  from Spring, The Four Seasons, Op. 8 – Antonio Vivaldi
La donna è mobile  from Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi
Trio  from ‘Haffner’ Symphony, K. 385 – W. A. Mozart
The light of the moon – Trad. Polish, arr. Ros Stephen
Contredanse from Les Indes galantes – Jean-Philippe Rameau
Pierrot and Pierrette  from Children’s Carnival, Op. 25 – Amy Beach
For Julie  from Three Piano Sonatas for the Young, Op. 118 No. 1 – Robert Schumann
Rondeau Theme  from Sonata for Flute and Harp – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
I want to be ready – African-American Spiritual
Ale Brider – Trad. Yiddish, arr. Franklyn Gellnick
Dudelsack Dance from Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 – J. S. Bach
Bransle de la Torche  from Terpsichore – Michael Praetorius

Viola Mix, Book 3, Grade 3

Contredanse No. 12  from 12 Contredanses, WoO 14 -Ludwig van Beethoven
Rabbit Foot – Florence B. Price
Minuet – Ignatius Sancho
Canzonetta  from Album des enfants, Op. 123 – Cécile Chaminade
Jupiter  from The Planets, Op. 32 – Gustav Holst
L’cha Dodi – Trad. Jewish, arr. Franklyn Gellnick
Für Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven
Mi Teresita – Teresa Carreño
Bella ciao – Trad. Italian
Gavotte  No. 2 from Children’s Album, Op. 36 – Amy Beach
Deep River – African-American Spiritual, arr. Nikki Iles
Flight of the Swans  from Swan Lake, Op. 20 – P. I. Tchaikovsky
Water in the Moonlight- Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins
Halya carries water – Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and Julian Rowlands
La campanella  from Viola Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 – Nicolò Paganini
Habanera  from Dama de Ouros – Chiquinha Gonzaga
March in D  from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 – C. P. E. Bach
Rondo alla Hornpipe  from Keyboard Sonata Op. 3 – C. M. Barthélemon
Funeral March of a Marionette – Charles-François Gounod