With the present 'Idylls' Rolla, who occasionally appeared as a viola virtuose, left a charming, well-sounding little 'introductory' cycle for the viola.
Original instrumentation viola + violin (BP 1030).
Rolla's contribution to this scoring genre in the heroic, brilliant key of E-flat major offers the viola a high degree of originality with moderate technical demands; repertoire-worthy.
Few masters from the Lombard violin school wrote as brilliantly for the viola as Alessandro Rolla, whose op.18 is the last of his 78 duos for violin and viola required reading.
Edited from the First Edition.
