![]() According to Susana Walton, writing in her book, William Walton: Behind the Façade, Walton was somewhat perplexed and wondered why Sir Thomas thought he should be able to write such a work. ![]() The Viola Concerto It was Sir Thomas Beecham who suggested, in 1928, that Walton should write a Viola Concerto for Lionel Tertis. Yet his three string concertos are amongst the finest written this century." Of them Christopher Palmer has written, "Walton knew little or nothing of strings as a performer. Walton wrote three concertos for string instruments: the Viola Concerto (1929), the Violin Concerto (1939) and the Cello Concerto (1957). ![]() Of Writings by Lady Walton, Michael Kennedy and Christopher Palmer With an Extract from an Interview with Tasmin Little ![]()
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