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Romantic violin concertos
Ten violin concertos, from Beethoven's of 1806 to Sibelius's of 1904.
Beethoven → Paganini → Mendelssohn → Wieniawski → Bruch → Lalo → Brahms → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Sibelius
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
This guide follows Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (1866) in three parts: Vorspiel. Allegro moderato (sonata form), Adagio and Finale. Allegro energico (sonata form).
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- IVorspiel.
- II
- III.
The opens like an improvisation: a soft , a few quiet woodwind chords, and short free passages for the alone, heard twice. Then the proper arrives, a passionate G-minor melody over trembling strings. After the broader passage, restores the pace and the sings the slower, lyrical . The drives the to a full orchestral . Near the end the woodwind chords and recitatives of the opening , more virtuosic than before, and a single held note carries the music straight into the .
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II9:15–17:30
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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