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Premiere of the Month: Mark Simpson’s new viola concerto for Timothy Ridout

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A viola concerto full of struggle yet fearlessness

‘The C string is what makes the viola the viola, so it made total sense to start the whole concerto with it,’ says UK composer Mark Simpson, whose new viola concerto To Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth was written for and will be premiered by British violist Timothy Ridout, accompanied by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and conductor Robin Ticciati..

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