Nov. 12—BEMIDJI — Beverly Everett has wanted to conduct William Walton's "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra" for a long time. The stars have now aligned, and the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra will perform ...

The 26 year old English composer William Walton was asked to compose a Viola concerto for a renowned player who declined to perform it because it sounded too "modern." (After hearing the premiere, the ...

David Owen Norris chooses his favourite recording of William Walton's Viola Concerto. It was conductor Sir Thomas Beecham's suggestion that Walton should write a viola concerto for the virtuoso Lionel ...

No more viola jokes, please. There may not be many concertos for the Cinderella of instruments, but enough good music exists. Nils Mönkemeyer’s nicely balanced programme starts with Walton’s Concerto ...

The Viola Concerto (1928-29) was the first work to fully proclaim Walton’s genius. This is music that is somehow virtuosic but not showy, bold and exuberant in places yet profoundly intimate, tinged ...

An all British programme featured music by Thea Musgrave, Vaughan Williams and William Walton, with Antoine Tamestit an expressive and sensitive soloist in the latter’s Viola concerto Antonio ...

Music enthusiasts gathered under the roof of Bing Concert Hall for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO) winter concert on Friday. The show featured the Walton Viola Concerto, performed by Addison ...