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I know the Stanford Op. 74 and could recognize a snippet from it if I heard it on the radio within seconds.

And Mellor probably won't get so much as a reprimand.

Has anybody mentioned the Viola Concerto in C minor, Op. 121 by Johanna Senfter? I think it would be in our remit, judging from her 4th Symphony, provided that as she got older she didn't get more acerbic, like, say Julius Weismann.

Moór's 2nd Cello Concerto is also in C-sharp minor. As there doesn't appear to be a 1st Viola Concerto, I'd be willing to bet that the "Viola Concerto No. 2" is an arrangement by the composer of the cello concerto.

As for Rossini's influence on Schubert - Rossini visited Vienna in the early 1820s, as I recall. Schubert composed 2 overtures in the 'Italian Style' and his 6th Symphony around that time that contain some passages with some vaguely Rossinian qualities. That's about the extent of Rossini's "influence" on Schubert.

I always wondered if Chrétien Urhan (the solo violist in the premiere of Berlioz' Harold in Italy) ever wrote a concerto or concertante work for viola. He did compose a fair amount of chamber music (but he lived such an ascetic life that perhaps the thought of being a soloist in the spotlight was anathema to him.)

A typo. Bate was intended and it has been corrected. Damn spellcheck!

French Middlin' Opera?

If you are referring to the gay husband of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, it's Stanley Bate. No 's' at the end.

Thanks! Found it!

Thanks, Mark! Any info on the performers?

The YouTube post of the 1st Violin Concerto is singularly uninformative. Are there any sources where I can find the performers and movement tempos?

The best of the lot IMHO.

Holter and Elling have already been done. Haarklou would be great! Isn't there one by Jordan?

According to the information on the work at Edition Silvertrust, the movements are:

I. Allegro non troppo (no ma)
II. Allegretto grazioso
III. Menuetto: Allegro
IV. Allegro molto

I know it's been a long time since this was posted, but I have been perusing the downloads board recently.