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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. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
This guide follows Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (1862) in one part (sonata form).
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The bursts in with fiery exchanges between orchestra and , and then the races away at breakneck speed. The main part, marked Zingara (in the Gypsy manner), sets off with the swaggering A ; B brings a broader melody, and the C sections add a singing contrast. Along the way Wieniawski brings back the lyrical second idea of the first , a attentive listeners can catch. After the , the revisits C and A once more and races to the .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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