Molly on the Shore (Grainger), Karl Allen Viola

[MrSpaceDucky]

No offense to the musicians, but half the video I spent cringing. I'm the same age as the musicians on that stage, and in Festival Strings. In practice, we played this song twice as fast.

[Ddittyazn717]

I remember playing in this :D

[faithtimtoby]

Wow, an in-tune violist ;) The tempo is very slow and the majority of the orchestra is out of tune (kudos to your son!) but at 11 I would assume they've not been playing long at all. We played this in high school

[ickyyyyyy]

Aww hes so cute! Rock on little viola!!

[soccergirl924]

is he the only viola?

[fishlakejake]

Yes.

[MOUSEsquad94]

this is really cool. im an advance viola player for 4 years, and in my high school we're playing the same song, but i think this version is simplified because the viola sounded different. awesome job though

[rebelviola2009]

I agree brilliant job, the part is simplified, but for being the only viola it was splendid, i played this my sophomore in highschool it was a bit faster and included more notes but still rock on!

[Zractor]

this was me... and its a tiny viola, I've been using a different one for almost a year now, and i just thought that the orchestra sounds discordant now...

[Rockinviola59]

wow

[vegatableboy]

That was very nice. I've been playing viola for around five years and my orchestra decided to play this piece for fun.  This is a great piece to work on building confidence, expressing yourself and playing loud! Karl, May you have fun and play well!

[NiteDog45ACP]

Very impressive Karl. With such sound intonation, your viola solo projects through the orchetral texture. Bravo! Hope to hear more solo performances from you in the near future.