Tamestit’s peripatetic performance, moving in and out of the orchestral ranks (not, sadly, the one illustrated here) was revelatory. See also For violin, viola (arr), For 2 violins, For 2 violas, Duets. Q: What is the world’s longest viola joke? A: Harold in Italy! I used to agree but, all joking aside, Antoine Tamestit’s Proms performance last year really did convince me that Berlioz’s “Symphony with Viola Obbligato” is a minor masterpiece, not so much a concerto for viola (Niccolò Paganini initially rejected it when he saw the sketches) but a work where the viola is Harold, the outsider trying to find his place. From beginner violin sheet music designed for a solo to complex arrangements for a. Bartók has himself penned detailed commentaries on the score, etching out a programme and subjecting it to close. 242 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Sony-BMG Masterworks, 2009) Fleisher recorded a Mozart concerto with Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra in the late ’50s, and he returned to his two-hand concert life with the Clevelanders in 1995 playing a Mozart concerto: No. In our Viola Top Ten, we’ve included a few gems by lesser-known composers, as well as the instrument’s star concertos and sonatas. Viola Concerto (Bartók, Béla) Since this work was first published after 1926 with the prescribed copyright notice, it is unlikely that this work is public domain in the USA. The symphonic poem was composed as a tribute to Hungarian politician Lajos Kossuth, hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and musically chronicles his failed attempt to win Hungary s independence from Austria in 184849. Indeed, it is frequently the butt of orchestral jokes, but the instrument’s mellow – and melancholic – qualities have inspired some great music, not all of which is performed regularly. As the “middle voice” between the flashy violin and the sonorous cello, the viola doesn’t enjoy as wide a solo repertoire.
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