The collaboration of these two creative artists marked the beginning of a long-term close friendship and just a short time before Hindemith’s death, in 1963, Walton composed a set of variations on a theme from Hindemith’s Cello Concerto. But when Tertis refused to perform it, finding it too “modernist”, composer Paul Hindemith, known also for an excellent violist, gave the first performance on 3 October 1929 with the Henry Wood Orchestra under the baton of the author at the Prom Concerts at the Queen’s Hall in London. It was conceived at the suggestion of Sir Thomas Beecham for English violinist Lionel Tertis. The CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA was completed in 1929 and carries the dedication “To Christabel” (Christabel McLaren, Lady Aberconway).
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