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).
