Violin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written since 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, Paganini, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi.
Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, and Alban Berg (in the latter, the first two and last two movements are connected, with the only break coming between the second and third). In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra—for instance, Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and Allan Pettersson's first concerto, for violin and string quartet.
Selected list of violin concertos
The following concertos are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. For a more comprehensive list of violin concertos, see List of compositions for violin and orchestra.
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- Carl Nielsen
- Niccolò Paganini
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 6, MS 21 (ca. 1811–17)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, op. 7, MS 48, La Campanella (1826)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (ca. 1826–30)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (ca. 1829–30)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830)
- Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor, op. posth., MS 75—probably the first to be written; only the solo part survives
- André Previn
- Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Max Reger
- Violin Concerto in A major Op. 101 (1907–1908)
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Robert Schumann
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Aleksandr Shymko
- Jean Sibelius
- Maddalena Laura Sirmen
- Igor Stravinsky
- Karol Szymanowski
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, op. 10 (1840)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 19 (ca. 1835–36)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, op. 25 (1844)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, op. 31 (ca. 1850)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, op. 37, Grétry (1861)
- Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, op. 47/op. posth. 1 (1865–1870)
- Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, op. 49/op. posth. 3
- Antonio Vivaldi — many, particularly:
- L'estro Armonico, op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos
- La stravaganza, op. 4 (ca. 1714)
- The Four Seasons (ca. 1725)—four concertos, the first four numbers of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, op. 8
- William Walton
- Henryk Wieniawski
- Malcolm Williamson
- Violin Concerto (1963–1964)
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Selected list of other works for violin and ensemble
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- Arvo Pärt
- Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992)
- Darf ich... for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999)
- Maurice Ravel
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Pablo de Sarasate
- Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 (1878)
- Carmen Fantasy, op. 25 (1883)
- Navarra for two violins and orchestra, op. 33 (1889)
- Miramar-Zortzico, op. 42 (1899)
- Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899)
- Franz Schubert
- Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816)
- Rondo in A major, D. 438 (1816)
- Polonaise in B-flat major, D. 580 (1817)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Daniel Theaker
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Henryk Wieniawski
- Légende in G minor, op. 17 (1859)
- Fantasy brillante on Gounod's "Faust", op.20
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- Book:Concertos
- Category:Concertos
- Portal:Classical music
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- Violin range
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