Thanks a million for posting the full score - been waiting a LONG time to see what I've been hearing for so long "looked like" (-: Cecil Forsyth, himself an accomplished violist, wrote this work for William Primrose. I enjoy it because it is one of the few purely Romantic viola concertos out there; for concertante viola works, one has to usually turn to the Classical or Modern eras. Students of orchestration will probably have run across Forsyth's excellent book on that subject as well. Forsyth was born in the UK in November of 1870; he eventually settled in the US (1914) where he died in New York City on the same day Pearl Harbor was attacked (7-12-1941) at the age of 71. Detailed biographical information is lacking on him which needs to be remedied. The second theme in the Finale always reminds me of either Edward German or Haydn Wood's music for some reason or another.
@@xinzhoupingAlso a little later, but Alfred Hill's is also fairly romantic. I don't think it's particularly amazing, but it's definitely worth a listen if you like the viola
@@xinzhouping William Walton's viola concerto is fairly romantic, and Bruch's Romanze for the viola is Romantic to the gills. Many more romantic viola sonatas exist than concertos.
Really Romantic era tinged.Wonderful introduction to Forsyth more memorable than other works of his Ive disc over the years ! Remarkable playing here !
I feel like I’d appreciate this concerto more if the soloist’s tone weren’t so constantly vibrating on the brink of falling apart. Their vibrato is like the feeling of a bicycle with a warped wheel, scraping against the frame on every revolution, gradually abrading the rubber and causing an uncomfortable sensation to the rider…. Is this violist even capable of producing a clean, straight tone without using an open string?
00:05 1rst movement
11:36 2nd movement
20:54 3rd movement
I have Forsyth's book on Orchestration, but never knew he composed such exstatic music, absolutley gorgeous!
Thanks a million for posting the full score - been waiting a LONG time to see what I've been hearing for so long "looked like" (-:
Cecil Forsyth, himself an accomplished violist, wrote this work for William Primrose. I enjoy it because it is one of the few purely Romantic viola concertos out there; for concertante viola works, one has to usually turn to the Classical or Modern eras. Students of orchestration will probably have run across Forsyth's excellent book on that subject as well. Forsyth was born in the UK in November of 1870; he eventually settled in the US (1914) where he died in New York City on the same day Pearl Harbor was attacked (7-12-1941) at the age of 71. Detailed biographical information is lacking on him which needs to be remedied. The second theme in the Finale always reminds me of either Edward German or Haydn Wood's music for some reason or another.
what other romantic viola concertos are there?
@@xinzhoupingI enjoy the Samuel De Lange viola concerto. I’m not sure if it is totally romantic, but it fits the era pretty well in my opinion.
@@xinzhoupingAlso a little later, but Alfred Hill's is also fairly romantic. I don't think it's particularly amazing, but it's definitely worth a listen if you like the viola
@@xinzhouping William Walton's viola concerto is fairly romantic, and Bruch's Romanze for the viola is Romantic to the gills. Many more romantic viola sonatas exist than concertos.
thanks for all the responses, i enjoyed listening to the suggestions (though if anyone else has more, please share).
I think I speak on behalf of many violists, thanks for this video, a new follower without a doubt. Cheers
What a lovely piece!
What a beautiful manuscript...
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17:28-17:52. So powerful.
Really Romantic era tinged.Wonderful introduction to Forsyth more memorable than other works of his Ive disc over the years ! Remarkable playing here !
thank u!
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I feel like I’d appreciate this concerto more if the soloist’s tone weren’t so constantly vibrating on the brink of falling apart. Their vibrato is like the feeling of a bicycle with a warped wheel, scraping against the frame on every revolution, gradually abrading the rubber and causing an uncomfortable sensation to the rider…. Is this violist even capable of producing a clean, straight tone without using an open string?
I don't take away your reason, but you have been very hard man xD
Pretty yummy isn't it?
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