For Viola and Piano, this is the composer's first opused work. Premiered at the Wigmore Hall in July 1959 by Cecil Aronowitz and Margaret Kitchen.

Wood: In 1957 I knew I had newly discovered the music of Schoenberg and hispupilsand I knew at once that they were to show me the way forward for my music; as, indeed, they have ever since. The revelation was primarily an emotional experience for me, and however imperfectly their influence wasreceived, it wasobviously reflected in the all-out chrom...