All walton articles
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Concert 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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Steven Isserlis: British Solo Cello Music
British cellist brings all his character and virtuosity to music from his homeland
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Review 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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Matthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe: Walton
Unmissable album of confident works from the composer’s youth
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Clare Howick: British Violin Sonatas
Gems from British composers captured by an outstanding violin and piano duo
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Fabiola Kim: 1939
Warm and heartfelt accounts of three concertos written at the end of the 1930s
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Blogs
5 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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Hong-Mei Xiao: Bax, Walton and Vaughan Williams
Seductively beautiful tone in rare British viola works
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James Ehnes, BBCSO, Edward Gardner: Walton Viola Concerto
Dazzling performances of Walton’s string masterpieces
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James 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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Kim 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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Maxim 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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Review
Walton: Viola Concerto. Schnittke: Passacaglia for Orchestra
Description: Touch-and-go in Bashmet’s Moscow premiere of Walton’s Viola Concerto Musicians: Yuri Bashmet (viola) Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society/Dmitri Kitayenko Composer: Walton, Schnittke William Walton’s Viola Concerto is one of those pieces that keeps getting slower over the years, but even so I was ...
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Walton: Cello Concerto, Passacaglia for cello solo. Hindemith: Cello Concerto (1940), Sonata for solo cello
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: A highly satisfying coupling of two composers’ music for cello Musicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) SÁo Paolo Symphony Orchestra/Frank Shipway Composer: Walton, Hindemith Christian Poltéra is at the top of his game in these works by two composers whose ...
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James Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto at The Proms 2014
James Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd at the BBC Proms 2014 in London's Royal Albert Hall. Ehnes performs on the Antonio Stradivari 'Marsick' violin, 1715, as featured in The Strad's 2015 calendar , 'Violins of the Stars', ...
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Peter Schidlof plays Walton's Viola Concerto: second movement
Peter Schidlof (1922–87), the Amadeus Quartet's violist, performs the second movement of William Walton's Viola Concerto on BBC Two in 1968. UPDATE (26 March 2014): His instrument, the 1719 'Macdonald' Stradivarius viola, is being offered for sale by Sotheby's and Ingles Hayday. Click ...
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British Viola Concertos. Walton: Viola Concerto. Beamish: Viola Concerto no.1. Britten: Lachrymae
The Strad Issue: January 2006 Musicians: Tatjana Masurenko, NDR Radio Philharmonic, Garry Walker Composer: Walton, Beamish, Britten Tatjana Masurenko keeps growing in artistry every time I hear her. Following an unaccompanied recital (also for Coviello Classics) which I reviewed over two years ago (see The Strad, April ...
