Grade 9
There are many violin concertos in the key of e-minor, but the most famous by far was written by Felix Mendelssohn. His e-minor concerto is one of the standards of the violin repertoire.
Bach, Vivaldi, Schumann, Grieg - at least these four composed concertos in A minor, either for violin & orchestra or for piano & orchestra, and maybe others. Which one and what do you want to know about?
1730 to 1731.
The Classical Music in the Jeremy Kyle Breaks is Concerto in G Minor for Violin, Strings and Continuo "Summer" by Vivaldi :-) Hope that helps - Peter
Vivaldi guitar concerto in d minor, largo
Grade 9
There are many violin concertos in the key of e-minor, but the most famous by far was written by Felix Mendelssohn. His e-minor concerto is one of the standards of the violin repertoire.
Bach, Vivaldi, Schumann, Grieg - at least these four composed concertos in A minor, either for violin & orchestra or for piano & orchestra, and maybe others. Which one and what do you want to know about?
1730-1731.
1730 to 1731.
The Classical Music in the Jeremy Kyle Breaks is Concerto in G Minor for Violin, Strings and Continuo "Summer" by Vivaldi :-) Hope that helps - Peter
the main theme is presented by the soloist
Vivaldi wrote 2 concertos for the lute as well as 2 trio sonatas for lute and violin. Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D Major, RV 93 Concerto for Viola d'Amore and Lute in D Minor, RV 540
In no particular order, the top ten violin concertos are: * Violin Concerto in D Minor- Sibelius * Violin Concerto in D Major- Tchaikovsky * Violin Concerto in E Minor- Mendelssohn * Violin Concerto in D Major- Beethoven * Violin Concerto in A Minor- Glazunov * Violin Concerto in G Minor- Bruch * Violin Concerto in D Major- Brahms * Violin Concerto in G Minor- Prokofiev * Violin Concerto in A Minor- Bach * Violin Concerto in B Minor- Elgar This is definitely an "arguable" top 10 list, but they're all pretty famous concertos. Those are just the ones that came off the top of my head, so I'm sure I missed some other really good ones, but those are the only ones I can think of for now. The list was narrowed down a lot since it was just violin concertos, but these are definitely some of the best. Other notes: * Joshua Bell's CD of the Mendelssohn and the Bruch are fantastic. * Nigel Kennedy's perfomance of the Bach is great. * Schlomo Mintz plays excellent versions of the Mendelssohn and the Sibelius on Youtube. * Jascha Heifetz's CD compiled of the Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Glazunov is very good. He was a great violinist, but since he played so long ago, the recordings are not always that great.
Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor - Third Movement
Sir Edward Elgar has written: 'Violin Concerto in B minor,Op.61'