Of the many soloists in the two works, Cynthia Phelps, the principal violist, was especially fine.
The next opening was for a principal violist.
In 1996 he became principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, a position he held until 2006.
In most orchestras, the principal violist wants to play them when they come up.
He had been the principal violist in the Ohio State Symphony.
Roberto Díaz, the orchestra's principal violist, also excelled in the work's other significant solo role.
He was named principal violist by Pierre Boulez, then the music director, in 1972.
She is now principal violist at the Berlin Philharmonic.
Later, he was principal violist of the Berlin Radio Orchestra.
From 1883, he was a violinist at the Opéra de Paris and in 1887 became principal violist.