Berkeley: Sonata in D Minor for Viola and PianoComposed by Lennox Berkeley (1903 1989) Viola part edited by Watson Forbes Duration: c. 17 minutes Lennox Berkeley initially studied French at Oxford University before studying composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. There he met and was influenced by Ravel, Poulenc and Stravinsky, and much of his work has a refinement and precision that is distinctly French in flavour. In 1929 he joined the Roman Catholic Church which was to inspire much of his