Concerto
for Viola (or Clarinet) and Orchestra
by Johannes Brahms
Clarinet - Sheet Music

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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).