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A viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments such as an orchestra or chamber music ensemble. Throughout music history, especially during the Baroque , Classical , and Romantic eras, viola was viewed mostly as an ensemble instrument.
The viola concerto of operatic approach [9] has a duration of about half an hour and is in a single movement. [5] At the beginning, the violist discovers his instrument through tapping and pizzicato. [c] [7] The concerto becomes later more traditional with using the bow. [10]
The Viola Concerto by William Walton was written in 1929 and first performed at the Queen's Hall, London on 3 October of that year by Paul Hindemith as soloist and the composer conducting. It had been written with the violist Lionel Tertis in mind, and he took the work up after initially rejecting it.
The Viola Concerto (1929) brought Walton to the forefront of British classical music. It was written at the suggestion of Sir Thomas Beecham for the viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis. When Tertis received the manuscript, he rejected it immediately. The composer and violist Paul Hindemith stepped into the breach and gave the first performance. [29]
Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894) Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894) Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884) Max Bruch (1838–1920) Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra ...
[1] [2] They are concertos for piano, cello, violin, viola, viola d'amore and organ. The works, for different ensembles, were premiered at different locations and times. The composer was the soloist in the premiere of the viola concertos, while his brother Rudolf Hindemith was the soloist in the premiere of the cello concerto.
Kennedy also plays the viola, and has recorded Sir William Walton's Viola Concerto. [18] Kennedy's own compositions include incidental music for Chekhov 's play Three Sisters . [ 19 ] Kennedy published his second autobiography, Nigel Kennedy Uncensored! , in 2021.
The Viola Concerto No. 1, Op. 7, was composed by Airat Ichmouratov in 2004. It was commissioned and premiered by Elvira Misbakhova , a Canadian violist, today the principal viola of Orchestre Métropolitain , [ 1 ] who was in 2004 a student at University of Montreal and was looking for new romantic viola concerto for her Doctoral program recital.