Solo viola
SKU:
PR.41641619L
For
Viola (or Clarinet) and
Orchestra. Composed
by Johannes Brahms.
Arranged by Samuel Adler.
N.B. Soloists should
be aware that the Viola
version of the Concerto
has a few octave changes
from the original Brahms.
 However, for
rehearsal purposes, the
Piano part from the
original Sonata may be
used. With Standard
notation. Duration 21
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41619L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.41641619L).
UPC:
680160642830. 11 x 14
inches.
Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra
violist Randolph Kelly
had premiered Adler's
Viola Concerto in 2000,
but the orchestra's
artistic management
preferred that he not
perform a contemporary
work for his next solo
appearance. With that
guideline, Kelly
contacted Adler, the
master of orchestration,
to arrange the Brahms
Sonata in F minor, Opus
120 for viola and
orchestra. In this new
setting, The piece
promises to bring the
lush romantic strains of
the famous sonata to a
larger audience without
upsetting the purists.
(Andrew Druckenbrod,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Classical Music
Critic).