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The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, led by Shah Sadikov, Gives the North American Premiere of Huw Watkins' Double Concerto

Sep. 30, 2026

Shah Sadikov leads the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in the North American premiere of Huw Watkins' Double Concerto. The concert, featuring soloists violist Keith Hamm and cellist Julia Herish, will take place on October 15 at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music.

The conception of Huw Watkins' Double Concerto grew out of an idea viola soloist Philip Dukes had when he premiered Watkins’ Variations on a Schubert song at the Gstaad Festival in 2001. With cellist Josephine Knight in mind, he suggested writing for the combination of viola and cello. His imagination was immediately captured: 'The viola and cello seem much more closely related, and I suppose rather like in a marriage they sometimes play the same material in agreement, and sometimes they develop quite separate material independently.'

Listen to Huw Watkins's Three Welsh Songs (2008-2009):

Three Welsh Songs/Huw Watkins/Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Oliver Zeffman, conductor

To learn more about Huw Watkins, visit schott-music.com.

Huw Watkins
Double Concerto (2004-2005)
for viola, cello, and orchestra
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