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ON THIS DAY | Walton Viola Concerto Premiered On This Day in 1929

By The Violin Channel

October 3, 2020

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The first performance was given by violist Paul Hindemith – with Walton conducting

William Walton’s Viola Concerto premiered on this day in 1929 – 88 years ago.

The work’s structure is believed to have been based on Prokofiev’s 1st Violin Concerto.

ANTOINE TAMESTIT | WALTON VIOLA CONCERTO | MANFRED HONECK & FRANKFURT RADIO SYMPHONY | 2018

Bruch: Double Concerto, Walton: Viola Concerto |CD|

Yuri Bashmet

Andre Previn & Neemi Jarvi

London Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: November 9, 1998

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