Marc Sabbah delights Saltillo with a viola gala

Summary in English of the Spanish print review "Deleita Marc Sabbah a los saltillenses con gala de viola".

The morning after the concert, Vanguardia reported that the New York violist – "considered by European critics the 'Paganini of the viola'" – showed his virtuosity as special guest of the Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto at the Museo de las Aves.

The review describes how Sabbah, who specialised in chamber music and founded the Kâsteaux Chamber Music Festival in Belgium, led the orchestra's ensemble in a selection of works in which the viola, the "older brother" of the violin, was the protagonist. The auditorium resonated with Max Bruch's Romance for viola and orchestra (1911), followed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Potpourri for viola and orchestra, and Antonín Dvořák's Serenade for strings, which "delighted those present".