Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor (French: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso en la mineur ), Op. 28, is a composition for violin and orchestra written in 1863 by Camille Saint-Saëns for the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate.

History

In 1863, Saint-Saëns wrote a solo piece for Sarasate: The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor for violin and orchestra. The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra was originally intended to be the rousing Finale to Saint-Saëns' first violin concerto, op.20.^[1] Despite their later disagreements, Claude Debussy arranged the piece for two pianos in the earlier years of his career.^[2]

Style and structure

The piece opens with a 36-bar theme in A minor, establishing key as well as rhythmic and harmonic themes. The orchestra supports the violin with block chord progressions while the soloist plays virtuosic arpeggios and chromatic scalar passages. Saint-Saëns destabilizes the rhythm of the soloist oscillating between syncopated rising arpeggios and falling eighth notes. In bar 18 the motion picks up when the tempo indication changes from Andante malinconico to animato and the soloist jumps into a rapid thirty-second note line.

Media

	Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Performed by Elias Goldstein with the Depaul Symphony Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Courtesy of Musopen
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"Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso performed by Anne Akiko Meyers with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart". Youtube. April 8, 2010. Retrieved March 2015.

References

External links

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Camille Saint-Saëns

Operas

Opera excerpts

"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Symphonies

Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ Symphony")

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major Piano concerto No. 4 in C minor Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major ("L'Egyptien")

Other	Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Cello Suite Havanaise Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Organ Concerto ("Cyprès et lauriers") Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor

Orchestra works

Chamber music

Vocal music

Portal:Classical music

Concertos by Camille Saint-Saëns

Piano concertos	No. 1 in D major, Op. 17 No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 29 No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44 No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 (L'Egyptien)

Violin concertos	No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 No. 2 in C major, Op. 58 No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

Cello concertos	No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119

Organ concertos	Organ Concerto ("Cyprès et lauriers")

Other works for violin and orchestra	Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 Havanaise, Op. 83

List of compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns

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