Along with the Stamitz concerto, Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto is the most important audition piece for viola players. Yet, it has been handed down in a complicated source tradition, surviving in a sin...
In the field of instrumental music Hoffmeister enriched almost all genres with works, whereby a special preference for unusual and rare chamber music instrumentations is noticeable.
The creative impetus, the variability of expression, the never flagging inventiveness can also be found in these 6 quartets 'with 2 violas'. A ravishing 'instrumentation variant' for all violists!