Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A Letter to Monsieur Poulenc

Dear Monsieur Poulenc,

Why do you not like violas? In your very cool Concerto for Two Pianos, the violas don't play very much. Maybe you like the violas and wanted to give them a break, but then when you do let them join in the fun, you keep changing clefs for No Apparent Reason. It isn't to shift to third position on the A string, but is at random, and then you go back to alto clef and then...well, it's hard to follow.

Just curious,
From the back of the viola section

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