Bach Partita #1, Allemande, performed on Viola

[violaviolin1]

I am trying to play this! thanks for sharing!

[kavaldzhia]

Lovely, unforced viola playing ... very nice, interesting and beautiful tone ! Greetings from Bulgaria !

[Tonefid115]

Nice job Great tone!

[mzellgert]

Only violists would have a complex about how big their instruments are and whether it is cheating. (This coming from a violinist/viola hybrid.)

Your viola sound and artistry fits well with your Bach interpretation.

[AlastairBrownViolist]

Thanks Mike, much appreciated. Hope we cross paths/ play together again soon.

[guiwalrus]

Very very baroque!!! Amazing!

[Velioz]

The viola is too down ... and the sound is other in that position!!! But very good ... Greetings Stepan ^^

[AlastairBrownViolist]

By down, are you referring to the tone, or the position? We tend to play with instrument a little angled downward, a little more than violin.

[kimunag]

You are great! Your video is really helpful to me, Thank you.

[AlastairBrownViolist]

Glad it helps, I am sure you will be playing circles around me in the not too distant future.

[NinadeJesusMusic]

Beautiful! I've been learning viola, little by little, but I don't think it will ever amount to much:( I love your sound!

[AlastairBrownViolist]

Thanks for the kind words NinadeJesusMusic, and for the friend add.

[violinzylla]

very lovely, great job of baroque interpretation (versus mucking it up as many modern players would do, with excessive vibrato etc).  However I don't understand your comment about "smaller" violas.....

[AlastairBrownViolist]

Thanks for the kind words, violinwylla. I really do not view a smaller viola as cheating, I put that comment really for the Paganini, as I got a response saying that my viola looked small, which it isnt. Being 6 foot 2, if I played a 15.5 or 16 incher may be viewed by some as cheating, is all. I have no bias against smaller instruments, and indeed, a friend of mine plays quite a small instrument and has a wonderful tone.