The soloist in Harold in Italy plays, for 10 points, what alto-clef instrument that forms a string quartet with two violins and a cello?
In his sonata for this instrument, Dmitri Shostakovich subtitled the final movement adagio "in the memory of Beethoven" and quoted the Moonlight Sonata; that sonata for this instrument was Shostakovich's final composition. A concerto for this instrument has a version completed by the composer's son Peter, though the standard version was edited by Tibor Serly. A William Walton concerto for this instrument, dedicated "to Christabel," was commissioned by Lionel Tertis. A piece for this instrument and orchestra contains a movement called "Orgy of the Brigands" and was written at the request of Niccolò Paganini. The soloist in Harold in Italy plays, for 10 points, what alto-clef instrument that forms a string quartet with two violins and a cello?
In his sonata for this instrument, Dmitri Shostakovich subtitled the final movement adagio "in the memory of Beethoven" and quoted the Moonlight Sonata; that sonata for this instrument was Shostakovich's final composition.
viola [accept (Shostakovich's) Viola Sonata or (Shostakovich's) Sonata for Viola and Piano or (Bartók's) Viola Concerto or (Walton's) Viola Concerto]