UW Faculty Concert: Melia Watras with Atar Arad & Flora Cummings, viola – Branches

• Melia Watras, viola
• Atar Arad, viola
• Flora Cummings, viola

Atar Arad — Ciaconna for viola sola
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books I & II)
Melia Watras — Blue Rose for viola solo
Melia Watras — Sarabanda (The void after the second beat — for Atar)
Melia Watras — Lament for viola solo
Béla Bartók — 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104 (selections from Books III & IV)
Johann Sebastian Bach — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. for viola)

Faculty violist Melia Watras welcomes viola legend Atar Arad (her former teacher) and her student Flora Cummings in a concert that celebrates their viola family tree. Arad will perform two chaconnes: his own composition and Bach's monumental Ciaccona from Partita in D minor, transcribed for viola; Watras will perform three works that she penned for viola solo; and all three violists will take turns performing with each other in selections from Béla Bartók's 44 Duos. 

About UW School of Music

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About Melia Watras, viola

http://www.meliawatras.com/

About Atar Arad, viola

http://atararad.com