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Violin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi. Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin... More »
Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)
The ''Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It is also considered to be among the most technically difficult works for violin. As with most concerti, the piece is in three movements, the first and last quick, the second slow: #''Allegro moderato'' #''Canzonetta: Andante - '' #''Finale: Allegro vivacissimo'' The piece was written in 1878 in Clarens, a Swiss resort on the shores of Lake Geneva where Tchaikovsky... More »
Violin Concerto (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's ''Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major'' was written in 1806. It is Beethoven's opus 61. The work was premiered on December 23, 1806 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven wrote the concerto for his colleague Franz Clement, a leading violinist of the day, who had earlier given him helpful advice on his opera ''Fidelio''. The occasion was a benefit concert for Clement. It is believed that Beethoven finished the solo part so late that Clement had to... More »
Violin Concerto (Berg)
Alban Berg's ''Violin Concerto'' was written in 1935 . It is probably Berg's best known and most often performed piece. More »
Violin Concerto (Brahms)
The ''Violin Concerto in D major'' by Johannes Brahms, his opus 77, is one of the best-known of all violin concertos. It follows the standard concerto form, with three movements in the pattern quick-slow-quick: #''Allegro non troppo'' #''Adagio'' #''Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco piu presto'' Originally, however, the work was planned in four movements like the second piano concerto. The middle movements, one of which was intended to be a scherzo, were replaced with what... More »
Violin Concerto (Sibelius)
The ''Violin Concerto in D minor'', opus 47 by Jean Sibelius premiered in 1903 in Helsinki. Sibelius withheld this version from publication and made substantial revisions. The new version premiered in 1906, in Berlin, with Richard Strauss conducting and Karl Halir as soloist . However, the work is dedicated to noted violinist Franz Von Vecsey. The initial version was noticeably more demanding on the virtuosic skills of the soloist and was revived in the early 1990s on the BIS record label by... More »
Violin Concerto (Schoenberg)
The ''Violin Concerto'' by Arnold Schoenberg dates from Schoenberg's time in the United States of America, where he had moved in 1933 to escape the Nazis. The piece was written in 1936, the same year as the ''String Quartet No. 4''. At the time of its completion, Schoenberg was living in Brentwood, California, and had just accepted a post teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles. Schoenberg had made a return to tonal writing upon his move to America, but the ''Violin Concerto''... More »
Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)
The Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, opus 63, written in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, is a work in three movements: #Allegro moderato #Andante assai #Allegro, ben marcato It premiered on December 1 1935 in Madrid with the French violinist Robert Soëtans and the Madrid Symphony Orchestra conducted by Enrique Arbós. Prokofiev was on a concert tour with Robert Soëtans while he was working on the concerto. As he later wrote, "The number of places in which I wrote the Concerto shows the kind of... More »
Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 is his last large orchestral work. It forms an important part of the violin repertoire and is one of the most popular and most frequently performed violin concertos of all time. A typical performance lasts just under half an hour. More »
Violin Concerto (Glazunov)
The ''Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82'' by Alexander Glazunov is one of his most popular compositions. Written in 1904, this violin concerto is quite representative of Glazunov's technically brilliant style. Like many other concerti, the work contains three movements: #''Moderato'' #''Andante sostenuto'' #''Allegro'' The slow second movement is seamlessly inserted by the composer into the middle of the first movement, which is an original and rare structural peculiarity of this ... More »
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