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Mr Ross Cohen

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Studied at the Royal College of Music, London (1973-76). Won the 'Cobbett and Hurlstone Prize' for chamber music composition. Held two resident string quartet positions. Founder member of the Menuhin Foundation of Bermuda. Joined the Halle Orchestra (1979). Defected to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (1983) - left the BBC in 2007, and is now concentrating mainly on chamber music. Formed a viola quartet called 'ABSOLUTE ZERO' (honestly) in 1995 - still going strong. The quartet has hosted a number of massed viola workshops - amazing fun! A varied selection of our work has now been recorded on a unique CD, click on the 'Absolute Zero Viola Quartet' Web link if you'd like to learn more. Much of our original viola quartet repertoire is available here on the Score Exchange site - do take a look, plenty of it is free, and they are not all as hard as they seem. If you are interested in viola quartets I'd be fascinated to hear from you.

Score catalogue

Albinoni - Sinfonia - for four violas

Bach - ANDANTE - for viola quartet

BACH - Prelude and Fugue in C minor - for viola quartet

Berlioz - Reverie et Caprice - for viola quartet

Biber - Harmonia Artificiosa - Ariosa - for viola quartet

Bizet - Flower Song for four violas

Boccherini - Sonatina - for viola quartet

Borodin - Nocturne - for viola quartet

Brahms - Adagio from 2nd Symphony

Brahms - Quartet in A Minor - for four violas

Bruch - Romanze - for viola quartet

Buxtehude - Passacaglia for four violas

William Byrd - Suite for viola quartet

Cavazzoni - Canzoni - for viola ensemble

Chabrier - Danse Villageoise - for viola quartet

Charpentier - Concerto pour quatre parties de violes - for viola quartet

Viola Quartets by R A Cohen

Bach in the Dark - By R A Cohen

BEETHOVEN / COHEN - Satz fur Bratschenquartett - for four violas

CANON I - for viola quartet

CANON II - for viola quartet

DANCE SUITE - for viola quartet

DIXIE DOODLE - for viola quartet

El Rezo del Soldado - for viola quartet

FUGAL SCHMUGAL - fugue for viola quartet

THE GYPSY VIOLA - for viola quartet

Hello Sailor - for viola quartet

HURDY GURDY - for viola quartet

Just Strollin' - for viola quartet

POLKADOTTY - for viola quartet

SICILLIENNE - for viola quartet

TARANTELLA MANIA - for viola quartet

TCHAIKOVSKY / COHEN - Andante Semplice - for viola quartet

Valse Obscurité - for viola quartet

Webern / Cohen - Controverse - for viola quartet

Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.VIII - for viola quartet

Debussy - GOLLIWOG'S CAKE WALK - for viola quartet

Debussy - Mazurka - for viola quartet

Delius - Sonatina - for viola quartet

Dvorak - Capriccio - for viola quartet

Faure - Four Pieces for Viola Quartet

Franck -Two Melodies for viola quartet

Gabrieli - In Ecclesiis - for four violas

Gabrieli - Sonata XXI - for four violas

Glazanov - Theme and Variations - for viola quartet

Glinka - Rondino Brillante - for viola quartet

Gottschalk - LE BANANIER - for viola quartet

Gounod - Marche Pontificale - for viola quartet

Granados - THREE SPANISH DANCES - for viola quartet

Greig - Four Poetic Tone Pictures - for viola quartet

Haydn - THE JOKE - for viola quartet

Haydn - Viola Quartet in D major

Haydn - SERENADE - for viola quartet

Holst - Suite for viola quartet

Sancho Engano - Insomnio - for viola quartet

Janacek - Zdenka Variations for Viola Quartet

Joplin - WEEPING WILLOW RAG - for viola quartet

Leclair - Sarabande et Tambourin - for viola quartet

Liszt - Csardas Macabre - for viola quartet

Maschera - Canzona for four violas

Mendelssohn - Fingal's Cave - for viola quartet

Mendelssohn - Saltarello - for viola quartet

Mendelssohn - Sinfonia in B flat major - for viola quartet

Mendelssohn - Sinfonia in D Major - for viola quartet

MOZART - Viola Quartet in C Major

Mozart - Viola Quartet in C Minor

Mussorgsky - three pieces for viola quartet

Paganini - RONDO - for viola quartet

Praetorius - Bransle de villages for viola ensemble

Renaissance music for viola ensemble

Respighi - Antiche Danze ed Arie - for viola quartet

Rimsky-Korsakov - In the Monastery - for viola quartet

Ravel - Suite for viola quartet

Rimsky-Korsakov - FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE - for viola quartet

Rossini - SEMIRAMIDE OVERTURE - for viola quartet

Schubert - Moments Musicaux - for viola quartet

Schubert - Tarantelle - for viola quartet

Smetana - Five waltzes for viola quartet

Strauss - Lorelei-Rheinklange - for viola quartet

Strauss - Violetta - for viola quartet

Suppe - Pique Dame - for viola quartet

Telemann - 4 Concerti for 4 Viole

Telemann - DON QUIXOTE SUITE - for viola quartet

Telemann - Viola quartet in G major

Tchaikovsky - 1812 OVERTURE - for viola quartet

Tchaikovsky - Valse Sentimentale - for viola quartet

The Drunken Sailor - for viola quartet

Torelli - Sinfonia for eight violas

Verdi - Requiem Fantasy - for viola quartet

Vivaldi - LARGO FROM WINTER - for viola quartet

Vivaldi - Sinfonia per quattro viole

Wagner - Romanze - for viola quartet

Warlock - CAPRIOL SUITE - for viola quartet

Weber - ANDANTE - for viola quartet

Weber - HUNGARIAN RONDO - for viola quartet

Wieniawski - Reverie - for viola quartet

Bach - ALLA DUODECIMA - for cello quartet

Bach - ANDANTE - for cello quartet

Bach - CONTRAPUNCTUS - for cello quartet

Bach - PRELUDE ADAGIO - for cello quartet

Bach - PRELUDE AND FUGUE in C minor - for cello quartet

Bach - QUARTET SONATA - for cello quartet

BEETHOVEN / COHEN - Satz fur cello quartett

Bizet - MENUETTO - for cello quartet

Cello Quartets by R A Cohen

CANON - for cello quartet

El Rezo del Soldado - for cello quartet

FUGAL SCHMUGAL - fugue for cello quartet

THE GYPSY CELLO - for cello quartet

RESPIGHI / COHEN - Bachanalle - for cello quartet

SICILLIENNE - for cello quartet

TCHAIKOVSKY / COHEN - Andante Semplice - for cello quartet

Buxtehude - Passacaglia for four cellos

Byrd - O Mistris Myne - for double cello quartet

Haydn - Serenade for four cellos

Mozart - FUGUE - for cello quartet

Saint-Saens - DANSE MACABRE - for cello quartet

Schubert - 'ARPEGGIONE' QUARTET -for cello quartet

Schumann - Suite for cello quartet

Vivaldi - LARGO FROM WINTER - for cello quartet

String Quartets

Bach - ANDANTE - for string quartet

J S Bach - Passacaglia in C Minor - for string quartet

J S BACH - Quartet Sonata - for string quartet

Bach - PRELUDE ADAGIO - for string quartet

BEETHOVEN BOOGIE - for string quartet

BEETHOVEN / COHEN - Satz fur Streichquartett

Beethoven - STRING QUARTET OPUS 111

Bizet - MENUETTO - for string quartet

Byrd - O Mistris Myne - for double string quartet

String Quartets by R A Cohen

BLUE SYNCOPATION - for string quartet

DIXIE DOODLE - for string quartet

El Rezo del Soldado - for string quartet

TRICKSY PIZZI - for string quartet

TCHAIKOVSKY / COHEN - Andante Semplice - for string quartet

Debussy - GOLLIWOG'S CAKE WALK - for string quartet

Elgar - Sursum Corda - for string quartet

Granados - THREE SPANISH DANCES - for string quartet

Irish variations - A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL - for string quartet

Just Strollin' - for string quartet

Rimsky-Korsakov - FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE - for string quartet

Saint-Saens - DANSE MACABRE - for string quartet

Handel - String Quartet in F Major

Handel - String Quartet in G Minor

Bach - Fugue for cello trio

Bach - Fugue for string trio

BACH - Prelude and Fugue in B minor - for string trio

J S Bach - Sonata for three violas

Bach - Sonata for string trio

Bach - Sonata for three violas

BEETHOVEN - Three pieces for string trio

BEETHOVEN - Three pieces for viola trio

BEETHOVEN - Rondo - for string trio

William Boyce - Prelude and Fugue - for viola trio

Franck - Five Interludes - for viola trio

Franck - Five Interludes for cello trio

Handel - Chaconne for three violas

Haydn - Three Viola Trios

Mozart - Viola Trio in C minor

FUGUE in G minor - for two violins

DIXIE DOODLE - for two violas

DIXIE DOODLE - for violin and viola

Handel - Two Caprices for violin duo

Chatterbox - for 2 violins

Chatterbox - for two cellos

Chatterbox - for two violas

Scarlatti - Three Viola Duets

Violin Quartets

Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8 - for four violins

Haydn - SERENADE - for violin quartet

Paganini - MOTO PERPETUO - for violin quartet

TRICKSY PIZZI - for violin quartet

Vivaldi - LARGO FROM WINTER - for violin quartet

trad. English - I'VE GOT SIXPENCE - for voice, viola and cello

trad. Irish - SAD MEMORIES - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Irish - THE FOGGY MORN - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Irish - THE GREEN GROVES OF ERIN - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Irish - WINTER APPLES - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Scotish - THE GLASGOW HORNPIPE - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Welsh - BUGAIL YR HAFOD (when I was a shepherd) - for 2 violins and cello

trad. Welsh - RHYWUN (someone) - for 2 violins and cello

The Green Groves of Erin - A traditional Irish melody for four violas

Y FWYALCHEN (the blackbird) - for 2 violins and cello

J S BACH - CONCERTANTE - for string orchestra

Tchaikovsky - Suite for string orchestra

Fanfare - for brass quartet and drum

Orlando di Lassus - Matona mia cara - for brass quartet

Web Links

Absolute Zero Viola Quartet
Geoffrey Walker’s website
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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