List of violin concertos
Important violin concertos , sorted alphabetically by composer .
Composers of the pre-classical period
Violin concertos of the pre-classical period that are important for music history were composed a. a .:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Francesco Geminiani (around 1680–1762)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
- Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Further violin concertos
Aa, Michel van der (* 1970)
- Violin Concerto (2014), written for Janine Jansen . Commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Premiere: November 6th, 2014 in Amsterdam with Janine Jansen and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Jurowski
Aaltonen, Erkki (1910–1990)
- Violin Concerto (1966)
Accolay, Jean-Baptiste (1833-1900)
- Violin Concerto in A minor (1868)
Adams, John (born 1947)
- Violin Concerto (1993)
Adès, Thomas (* 1971)
- Concentric Paths : Violin Concerto, op. 24 (2005)
Aho, Kalevi (* 1949)
- Symphony No. 3 for violin and orchestra (Sinfonia concertante No. 1) (1971–1973)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1981)
Akses, Necil Kazim (1908-1999)
- Violin Concerto (1969)
Andres, Daniel (* 1937)
- Violin Concerto (1976)
Arutjunjan, Alexander (1920–2012)
- Armenia-88. Violin Concerto (1988) (in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Armenia in 1988; dedicated to Ruben Aharonyan)
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
- op. 14 (1939)
Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
Bax, Arnold (1883-1953)
- Violin Concerto (1938)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Ben-Chaim, Paul (1897-1984)
- Violin Concerto (1960, for Zvi Zeitlin)
Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960)
- Violin Concerto (1932)
Berg, Alban (1885–1935)
- Violin Concerto In Memory of an Angel (1935)
Bériot, Charles-Auguste de (1802–1870)
- 10 works
Berkeley, Lennox (1903-1989)
- Concerto for Violin, op.89 (1961)
Blacher, Boris (1903–1975)
- Violin Concerto op.29 (1948)
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
- Violin Concerto (1938)
Børresen, Hakon (1876–1954)
- Violin Concerto in G major, op.11 (1904)
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
- D major, op.77 (1878)
Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)
- op. 15 (1939)
Bronner, Mikhail (* 1952)
- Gate of heaven . Violin concerto
Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
- No. 1 in G minor, op. 26 (1866–1868)
- No. 2 in D minor, op.44 (1878)
- Scottish Fantasy in E flat major, op.46 (1879/80)
- No. 3 in D minor, op.58 (1891)
- Serenade in A minor, op.75 (1899/1900)
- Concert piece (No. 4) in F sharp minor, op.84 (1910)
Bush, Alan (1900-1995)
- Violin Concerto op. 32 (1946–48)
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866–1924)
- Violin Concerto in D major, op.35a (1897)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968)
- Concerto Italiano [Violin Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra], op. 31 (1924)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 «I profeti», op. 66 (1931; for Jascha Heifetz)
Chatschaturjan, Aram (1903–1978)
- Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
- Rhapsody (1961/62)
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 80 (1912)
De Pastel, Karen (born 1949)
- Concertante op.2 (1966/67)
Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)
- No. 1 in D minor, op.27 (1914/15)
- No. 2 in C minor, op.43 (1949/50)
Dutilleux, Henri (1916–2013)
- L'Arbre des songes, Concerto pour violon et orchester (1985)
Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
- A minor, op. 53 (1879–1880)
Egk, Werner (1901–1983)
- Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra (1928)
- Violin music with orchestra (1936)
El-Khoury, Bechara (* 1957)
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 62 "Aux frontières de nulle part" (1999–2002)
Eliasson, Anders (1947-2013)
- Concerto per violino ed orchestra d'archi, for violin and strings (1992)
- Einsame Fahrt, concert for violin and orchestra (2010)
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
- B minor, op.61 (1910)
Enna, August (1859–1939)
- D major, (1897)
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm (1812–1865)
- Concerto pathétique in F sharp minor, op. 23 (1845–46)
- Violin Concertino in D major, op. 12 (1836–37)
Feldman, Morton (1926-1987)
- Violin and Orchestra (1979)
Franck, Eduard (1817-1893)
- E minor, op. 30 (1855/1861, printed 1890)
- D major, op.57 (1875)
Franck, Richard (1858–1938)
- D major, op.43 (1906)
Gade, Niels Wilhelm (1817–1890)
- D minor, op. 56 (1880)
Gerhard, Roberto (1896–1970)
- Violin Concerto (1942–43)
Ginastera, Alberto (1916–1983)
- Violin Concerto op. 30 (1963)
Glass, Louis (1864-1936)
- Violin Concerto, op.65 (WP Copenhagen 1930, dedicated to Julius Thornberg)
Glass, Philip (* 1937)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1987)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (2009)
Glasunow, Alexander (1865–1936)
- A minor, op.82 (1904)
Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 100 (1956, completed by Borys Lyatoschynskyj)
Godard, Benjamin (1849–1895)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 Concerto romantique , op.35 (1876)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op.131
Goetz, Hermann (1840–1876)
- Violin Concerto (in one movement) op.22 (1868)
Goldmark, Karl (1830–1915)
- Violin Concerto op.28 (1877)
Gruber, Heinz Karl (* 1943)
- Violin Concerto No.1: ... woven from shadows scented, for violin and orchestra; Premiere: September 20, 1979, Berlin, revised version, Premiere: July 20, 1992
- Nebelsteinmusik for violin and strings, WP: July 10, 1988, Festival St. Florian
Gubaidulina, Sofia (* 1931)
- No. 1 Offertory (1980)
- No. 2 in tempus praesens (2007)
- No. 3 Dialogue: Me and You (2018)
Hamann, Bernhard (1909–1968)
- Violin Concerto in E minor op.9
- Rondo capriccioso for violin and orchestra op.2
Hartmann, Emil (1836–1898)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 19 (dedicated to Joseph Joachim)
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus (1905–1963)
- Concerto Funébre (1939)
Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)
- C major, Hob.VIIa: 1 (1765)
- A major, Hob.VIIa: 3, Melker (1770)
- G major, Hob.VIIa: 4, (1769)
Haydn, Michael (1737-1806)
- A major MH 207
- G major P. 52
- B flat major P. 53
Henze, Hans Werner (1926–2012)
- No. 1 (1947)
- No. 2 (1971)
- No. 3 (1996, rev. 2002)
Hindemith, Paul (1895–1963)
- Violin Concerto (1939)
Holliger, Heinz (* 1939)
- Hommage à Louis Soutter (premiered by Thomas Zehetmair in the complete version with the 4th movement in 2003)
Hubay Jenő (1858-1937)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (" Concerto dramatique ") in A minor, op. 21, dedicated to Josef Joachim (1884)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, op.90, dedicated to Oskar Studer (ca.1900)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G minor, op.99, dedicated to Franz von Veczey (1906-7)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in A minor, op.101, dedicated to Stefi Geyer (1906-7)
Joachim, Joseph (1831–1907)
- Violin Concerto in One Movement, G minor, op.3 (1851)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 «à la hongroise», D minor, op. 11 (1857)
- Violin Concerto No. 3, G major, WoO 3 (1875)
Kabalewski, Dmitri (1904–1987)
- Violin Concerto in C major op.48 (1948)
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876–1909)
- Violin Concerto in A major op.8 (1902)
Kaun, Hugo (1863–1932)
- Fantasiestück op.66 (concert in one movement)
Kim, Earl (1920-1998)
- Violin Concerto (1979; for Itzhak Perlman)
Kirchner, Volker David (* 1942)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki) (1981/82)
Klenau, Paul von (1883–1946)
- Violin Concerto in A minor (WP Copenhagen, 1922)
Kochan, Günter (1930–2009)
- D major op. 1 (1951/52)
- No. 2 (1980)
Konjus, Georgi (1862–1933)
- Violin Concerto in E minor (1898)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957)
- D major, op.35 (1945)
Krenek, Ernst (1900–1991)
- No. 1, op.29 (1924)
- No. 2, op.140 (1954)
Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766–1831)
- 19 violin concerts
Lalo, Édouard (1823-1892)
- F major, op.20 (1874)
- Symphony espagnole in D minor, op.21
- Concerto russe, op.29
Ligeti, György (1923-2006)
- Violin Concerto (1990–1992)
Lipiński, Karol (1790–1861)
- No. 1 in F sharp minor, op.14
- No. 2 in D major, op.21
- No. 3 in E minor, op.24
- No. 4 in A major, op.32
Lutosławski, Witold (1913–1994)
- Partita for violin and orchestra, premiered in 1988 by the dedicatee Anne-Sophie Mutter
Martin, Frank (1890–1974)
- Concerto pour violon et orchester (1950/51)
Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
- No. 1 (1943)
- No. 2 (1949)
Matthus, Siegfried (* 1934)
- Violin Concerto (1968)
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix (1809–1847)
- D minor (1822)
- E minor, op.64 (1844)
Meyer, Edgar (* 1960)
- Violin Concerto (1999; for Hilary Hahn)
Meyer, Ernst Hermann (1905–1988)
- Violin Concerto (1964)
Meyer, Krzysztof (* 1943)
- No. 1 (1965)
- No. 2 (1996)
Mieg, Peter (1906–1990)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1949/59)
Milford, Robin (1903-1959)
- The Darkling Thrush for violin and orchestra, op.17 (1928)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, op.47 (1937)
Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
- No. 1 (1927)
- Concertino de Printemps (1934)
- No. 2 (1946?)
- No. 3 (1958)
Mjaskowski, Nikolai (1881–1950)
- Violin Concerto in D minor op.44 (1938/39)
Moeran, Ernest John (1894–1950)
- Violin Concerto (dedicated to Arthur Catteral) (1942)
Mohaupt, Richard (1904–1957)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1945)
Moret, Norbert (1921–1998)
- En rêve, Concerto pour violon et orchester de chamber (1988)
Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)
- Violin Concerto op. 30, MoszWV 161 (1883)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)
Main article: Violin concertos (Mozart)
- No. 1 in B flat major, KV 207 (completed April 14, 1773)
- No. 2 in D major, KV 211 (1775)
- No. 3 in G major, KV 216, Strasbourg (1775)
- No. 4 in D major, KV 218 (1775)
- No. 5 in A major KV 219, Turkish (1775)
Nielsen, Carl (1865–1931)
- op. 33 (1911)
Nono, Luigi (1924–1990)
- Varianti (1956/57)
Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840)
- No. 1 in D major, op. 6, MS 21 (approx. 1811–17)
- No. 2 in B minor, op.7, MS 48, La Campanella (1826)
- No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (approx. 1826–30)
- No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (approx. 1829–30)
- No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830)
- No. 6 in E minor, op.posth., MS 75
Panufnik, Andrzej (1914–1991)
- Concerto for violin and strings (1971), dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin
Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933–2020)
- No. 1 (1976/77)
- No. 2 "Metamorphoses" (1982–1985)
Pettersson, Gustav Allan (1911–1980)
- No. 1 (1949/50)
- No. 2 (1978, rev. 1980)
Pfitzner, Hans (1869–1949)
- B minor, op. 34 (1923)
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953)
- No. 1 in D major, op.19 (1917)
- No. 2 in G minor, op.63 (1935)
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928–2016)
- Violin Concerto (1976–1977)
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
- A major, op. 101 (1907–1908)
Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
- Concerto Gregoriano (1922)
- Concerto all'antica (1925)
Reuter, Fritz (1896–1963)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (from 1953)
Rieding, Oskar (1840-1916)
- Violin Concerto in B minor, op.35 (1909)
- at least 6 further violin concertos
Rihm, Wolfgang (* 1951)
- Time sung (1992)
- Light Play (2009)
- Poem by the Painter (2014) (for Renaud Capuçon)
Rode, Pierre (1774-1830)
- 13 violin concerts
Rózsa, Miklós (1907–1995)
- Violin Concerto, op.24 (1953)
Saxe-Weimar, Johann Ernst Prince von (1696–1715)
- 8 violin concerts
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
- No. 1 in A major, op.20 (1859)
- No. 2 in C major, op.58 (1858)
- No. 3 in B minor, op.61 (1880)
Schmidt, Hartmut (* 1946)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1986)
Schnittke, Alfred (1934–1998)
- No. 1 (1957/62)
- No. 2 (1966)
- No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra (1978)
- No. 4 (1984)
Schoeck, Othmar (1886–1957)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B flat major, Quasi una fantasia op.21 (1911/12)
Schönberg, Arnold (1874–1951)
- op. 36 (1936)
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975)
- No. 1 in A minor, op. 77 (1948, rev. 1955 as op. 99)
- No. 2 in c sharp minor, op.129 (1967)
Schubert, Franz (1797–1828)
- Concert piece in D major, D 345 (1816)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
- D minor (1853)
Schuyten, Ernest (1881–1974)
- Violin Concerto in One Movement (1932)
Seitz, Friedrich (1848–1918)
- 8 student concerts
Sheriff, Noam (1935-2018)
- Violin Concerto (1986; for Michael Guttman)
Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
- Violin Concerto in D minor , op.47 (1904)
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
- Concerto No. 1 in A major, op.1 (1802)
- Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op.2 (1804)
- Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.7 (1806)
- Concerto No. 4 in B minor, op.10 (1805)
- Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op.17 (1807)
- Concerto No. 6 in G minor, op.28 (1808/09)
- Concerto No. 7 in E minor, op.38 (1814)
- Concerto No. 8 in A minor, op.47 (1816)
- Concerto No. 9 in D minor, op.55 (1820)
- Concerto No. 10 in A major, op.62 (1810)
- Concerto No. 11 in G major, op.70 (1825)
- Concertino No. 1 (also Concerto No. 12) in A major, op.79 (1828)
- Concertino No. 2 (also Concerto No. 13) in E major, op.92 (1835)
- Concertino No. 3 (also Concerto No. 14) in A minor "Else and Now", op. 110 (1839)
- Concerto No. 15 in E minor, op.128 (1844)
- Concerto in G major, WoO 9 (around 1799)
- Concerto in E minor, WoO 10 (1803/04)
- Concerto in A major, WoO 12 (1804)
- Concert movement for violin and orchestra, WoO 16 (around 1809)
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 74
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor (1918, orch.Jeremy Dibble)
Starer, Robert (1924-2001)
- Violin Concerto (for Itzhak Perlman)
Stevens, Bernard (1916-1983)
- Violin Concerto op.4, 1943 (commissioned by Max Rostal)
Sthamer, Heinrich (1885–1955)
- Violin Concerto in D minor, op.82, 1941 (dedicated to Igor Oistrach)
Stojowski, Sigismont (1870–1946)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, op.22 (1899) (dedicated to Władysław Górski)
Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
- Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 (1880–82)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882–1971)
- Concerto in D (1931)
Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
- No. 1 op.35 (1916)
- No. 2 op.61 (1933)
Thieriot, Ferdinand (1838-1919)
- 2 concerts, 3 double concerts
Tchaikovsky, Boris (1925–1996)
- Violin Concerto in One Movement (dedicated to Viktor Pikaizen) (1969)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr (1840-1893)
- in D, op. 35 (1878)
Tubin, Eduard (1905–1982)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (1941–1942)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1945)
Vasks, Pēteris (* 1946)
- Tāla gaisma (Distant Light), for violin and string orchestra (1996–1997)
Veerhoff, Carlos (1926-2011)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 op.40 (1976)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 op.69 (1992)
Vieuxtemps, Henri (1820–1881)
- No. 1 in E major, op.10 (1840)
- No. 2 in F sharp minor, op.19 (approx. 1835–36)
- No. 3 in A major, op.25 (1844)
- No. 4 in D minor, op.31 (ca.1850)
- No. 5 in A minor, op.37, Grétry (1861)
- No. 6 in G major, op.47 / op. posth. 1 (1865-70)
- No. 7 in A minor, op. 49 / op. posth. 3
Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755-1824)
- 29 works
Walton, William (1902-1983)
- Violin Concerto (1939, rev. 1945)
Weill, Kurt (1900–1950)
- op. 12 (1925)
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835–1880)
- No. 1 in F sharp minor, op.14 (1853)
- No. 2 in D minor, op.22 (1862)
Winding, August (1835-1899)
- Violin Concerto in A major, op.11
Woyrsch, Felix (1860–1944)
- Skaldic Rhapsody, op.50 (1904)
Ysaÿe, Eugène (1858–1931)
- 8 works
Zehavi, Oded (born 1961)
- Violin Concerto (1998, commissioned for Michael Guttman)
Zwillich, Ellen Taaffe (* 1939)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1997)
- Commedia dell'Arte for solo violin and string orchestra (2012) Commissioned for Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
literature
- Tobias Broeker: The 20th century violin concertante - A repertoire guide to the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 . Self-published (e-book), Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047105-6 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014090412267
Individual evidence
- ↑ tobias-broeker.de
- ^ Heinz Wegener: Bibliography Fritz Reuter . In the S. (Red. Ed.): Commemorative publication Fritz Reuter (= scientific journal of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Social and linguistic series 15 (1966) 3). S. I-VIII, here: SV