Nicholas Roberts writes:

>As a viola player, I played this work when I was 14 and hated it.  Music
>to commit suicide to I thought then.  I now think it's wonderful and am
>in the process of doing an organ arrangement of the work.

Some years ago there was a recording of an organ transcription of the work
done, and played by, a New York organist names Calvin Tompkins (I think it
was). It worked quite nicely.

Scott Morrison