Winner of the 1909 Cobbett Chamber Music Competition, John Ireland’s Sonata No. 1 in D minor was among his first significant instrumental works. It was published in 1911 and revised in 1917. Martin Outram has arranged the violin part of the work for viola, to be used with the piano score of the sonata in its original form for violin and piano, ref. 1981, in which a full account of the piece may be found.