All walton articles
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ReviewCharlie Lovell-Jones: Walton
Another chapter in a soloist’s evolving partnership with an ensemble
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Laura van der Heijden: Earth, Sea, Air
Superbly intense readings from a young British cellist forging her own path
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Blogs'A glimpse into the beginnings of their artistic visions': the Notos Quartet on Mahler and Walton’s piano quartets
Both Mahler and Walton were only 16 when they wrote their piano quartets. Ahead of a performance at Music at Oxford, the Notos Quartet’s cellist Philip Graham illustrates how the pieces showcase the origins of the composers’ musical personalities
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ReviewConcert review: Antoine Tamestit (viola) London Symphony Orchestra/Robin Ticciati
Tim Homfray gives his thoughts on a performance of Walton’s Viola Concerto at LSO St Luke’s on 14 October 2021
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ReviewSteven Isserlis: British Solo Cello Music
British cellist brings all his character and virtuosity to music from his homeland
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ReviewReview round-up: BBC Proms 2021
Peter Quantrill attends the cream of the strings crop during this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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ReviewMatthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe: Walton
Unmissable album of confident works from the composer’s youth
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ReviewClare Howick: British Violin Sonatas
Gems from British composers captured by an outstanding violin and piano duo
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ReviewFabiola Kim: 1939
Warm and heartfelt accounts of three concertos written at the end of the 1930s
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Blogs5 tips for learning the Walton Viola Concerto
Norwegian violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad discusses the crucial challenges of one of his instrument’s core repertoire concertos
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ReviewHong-Mei Xiao: Bax, Walton and Vaughan Williams
Seductively beautiful tone in rare British viola works
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ReviewJames Ehnes, BBCSO, Edward Gardner: Walton Viola Concerto
Dazzling performances of Walton’s string masterpieces
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FocusJames Ehnes on recording the Walton Viola Concerto
In June this year the Canadian violinist joined conductor Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the studio to record a concerto on his second instrument, the viola
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ArticleKim Kashkashian gives Walton Viola Concerto masterclass
The phrase is three big steps towards the public...' American violist Kim Kashkashian gives a masterclass on Walton's Viola Concerto at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore. Read: Kim Kashkashian - ‘The emotional landscape of Hindemith’s music is a joy to enter’
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov performs Walton's Viola Concerto
Violinist Maxim Vengerov proves himself to be a highly skilled viola player, performing Walton's Viola Concerto.Read The Strad's article asking, Should all viola players practise the violin?Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ReviewWalton: Viola Concerto. Schnittke: Passacaglia for Orchestra
Description: Touch-and-go in Bashmet’s Moscow premiere of Walton’s Viola ConcertoMusicians: Yuri Bashmet (viola) Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society/Dmitri KitayenkoComposer: Walton, SchnittkeWilliam Walton’s Viola Concerto is one of those pieces that keeps getting slower over the years, but even so I was amazed at seeing ...
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ReviewWalton: Cello Concerto, Passacaglia for cello solo. Hindemith: Cello Concerto (1940), Sonata for solo cello
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2015Description: A highly satisfying coupling of two composers’ music for celloMusicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) SÁo Paolo Symphony Orchestra/Frank ShipwayComposer: Walton, HindemithChristian Poltéra is at the top of his game in these works by two composers whose friendship lasted much of their ...
