Va, Pensiero, from Nabucco (viola duo)

Title: Va, Pensiero, from the opera Nabucco

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violas

Printout: 4 pages

Note: Va, Pensiero is one of Verdi’s most beautiful opera choruses. It was so beloved by the people of Milan that when Verdi died, those who came out to mourn his passing broke spontaneously into singing it. A hauntingly beautiful melody accompanied largely by rolling arpeggios, Va, Pensiero sounds wonderful when played by strings.

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More Verdi for two violas:

Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore
Grand March, from Aida
La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto
Soldier’s Chorus (Part I – “Or co’ dadi), from Il Trovatore
Un di felice, eterea, from La Traviata
Valse, from La Traviata