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This difficult composition is nostalgic, melancholic, and passionate in character. It displays the viola’s warm tone and demands a solid technique which in turns permits the artist to feel and transmit to listener the suffering and hopes of the Gypsies. The Left hand demands technique normally required of violin virtuosos’.
The “Vivace” passage can be played faster than the tempo indication but one must respect the dance style. A brilliant technique, a broad width of musical and artistic beauty make “Tzigana” a powerful piece in the Viola repertoire.