Ferguson: Four Short Pieces for Viola and PianoHoward Ferguson was talent spotted in Belfast as a 13 year old pianist and invited to take lessons in London with Harold Samuel; he went on to study composition with R O Morris and conducting with Sir Malcolm Sargentt at the Royal College of Music. His Compositional breakthrough came in 1933 with Octet, widely regarded as his masterwork. He was influenced by Brahms, and supported music of friends Vaughan Williams and Finzi; his works combine love of