Lady Aberconway, who remained a lifelong friend. The concerto is dedicated 'to Christabel' and probably records feelings engendered by Walton's unrequited passion for Christabel. To view the first page of Walton - Concert for viola click the music sheet image. To download PDF, click the "Download PDF" button below the appropriate sheet music image. It is one of the most beautiful passages in all Walton's music. Developing from the bassoons' hesitant initial theme, it builds to a fugal climax for the orchestra after which the soloist recapitulates the first movement's amorous principal subject with the finale's main theme as accompaniment. The scherzo flashes by, witty and epigrammatic, leaving the finale as the most substantial movement. The progress of the first movement is twice interrupted by faster dramatic outbursts. By February 1929 Walton had completed two movements and was working on the finale. The concerto was suggested by Beecham and was intended for Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), the great English viola player whose one-man campaign to build a solo repertory for the viola commanded widespread admiration. You can download the PDF sheet music Walton - Viola concerto on this page. Viola sheet music Walton - Viola concerto.
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