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A chance for the viola – and about time, too

A chance for the viola – and about time, too

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

It is nothing short of a scandal that not one concerto for viola and orchestra has broken into the standard concerthall repertoire. There are at least fifty violin concertos that get regularly played and half a dozen for cello and orchestra. Yet, among a plethora of viola concertos by good composers — from Arnold to Bartok, Schnittke to John Williams — not one gets as much as a half-chance for public attention. In any other field, this would be considered illegal discrimination….

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