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“Mr. Lipman demonstrated a rich tone and elegant phrasing in the slow opening movement, with its elegiac, wandering melodies, and a fleet-fingered technique in the vivacious second movement.”

The New York Times

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Repertoire

Bacewicz (Grażyna)

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1967-68)

Bach

Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

Bartók 

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz 120/BB 128

Berlioz 

Harold en Italie, H 68

Bloch 

Suite Hebraique
Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1919)

Brahms/Berio

Viola Concerto: Arrangement of Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 (1986)

Britten 

Double Concerto for Violin and Viola (1932)

Lachrymae for Viola and Strings, Op. 48a

Bruch 

Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op. 88

Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85

Higdon 

Viola Concerto (2014)

Hindemith 

Der Schwanendreher

Kammermusik No. 5

Trauermusik for Viola and Strings

Hoffmeister 

Concerto for Viola in D major

Holst

Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra (1933)

Hummel 

Potpourri for Viola and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 94

León (Tania) 

Para Viola y Orquesta (1994)

Martinu

Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1952)

Mozart 

Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, K. 622 (arr. of Clarinet Concerto)

Paganini

Sonata per la Grand Viola

Penderecki 

Concerto for Viola

Rolla

Concerto for Viola in Eb major, BI 545

Miklós Rózsa

Viola Concerto, Op. 37 (1979)

Schnittke 

Concerto for Viola

Shulman (Alan)

Theme and Variations for Viola and Strings

Stamitz 

Concerto for Viola in D major, Op. 1

Telemann 

Concerto for Viola in G major, TV 51 no G 9

Walton 

Concerto for Viola

Weber 

Andante and Rondo Ungarese for Viola and Orchestra in C minor, J. 79

Wernick (Richard)

Viola Concerto (“Do Not Go Gentle…”) (1986)

Williams (John)

Viola Concerto (2009)

Vaughan Williams

Suite for Viola and Orchestra

Flos Campi Suite for Viola, Chorus, and Orchestra

reviews

“Mr. Lipman demonstrated a rich tone and elegant phrasing in the slow opening movement, with its elegiac, wandering melodies, and a fleet-fingered technique in the vivacious second movement.”

The New York Times

“splendid technique and musical sensitivity...a warm, burnished, singing tone... Mark well Matthew Lipman's name: You'll be hearing a lot more of him in the years to come.”

The Chicago Tribune

“Matthew Lipman commands attention with his authoritative phrasing and attractive sound...most impressive, well recorded and lovingly presented recital.”

THE STRAD

“Throughout the recital Lipman’s playing is warm-toned and expressive, as well as agile and focused.”

Gramophone Magazine

“remarkable and vibrantly deep, chocolate tone.”

Audiophile Audition

“superb: in particular, the violist Matthew Lipman, who did such a fine job of negotiating the center of the music...”

National Review