Classics of the Phonograph

Star Violist Primrose Plays Walton

 

Violists are not shy to tell you that they do not get enough respect, and few violists enter the ranks of musical superstars. But the Scottish violist William Primrose was a star player during the 20th century. William Walton's "Viola Concerto" was one of Primrose's virtuoso vehicles, and we will hear a recording of it on Saturday at 11.