Description
Hans Gál:Divertimento for violin and viola, Op. 90 No. 3Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 101Suite Concertante for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 102aTrio for oboe, violin and viola, Op. 94
Artists
Hanna Pakkala (Viola)Reijo Tunkkari (Violin)Takuya Takashima (Oboe)Irina Zahharenkova (Piano)
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)Sakari Oramo (Conductor)
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Hans Gál (1890–1987) wrote extensively for the viola, including several remarkable works dating from the first decade of his new life in Edinburgh, where he took refuge after the Nazis seized power in his native Austria. His poignant Suite Concertante for viola and orchestra – effectively a concerto for the instrument – is joined here by three substantial chamber works, all infused with Gál’s trademark lyricism. Hanna Pakkala, the violist in all four works here, is the principal viola of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and also plays in the Kokkola String Quartet; and Toccata Classics is delighted to welcome the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and its chief conductor, Sakari Oramo, to its roster of artists. |
