Violin Concerto (Dvořák)

Violin Concerto
by Antonín Dvořák

Key	A minor
Catalogue	Op. 53
Period	Classical\Romantic
Genre	Concerto
Composed	1879 (1879)
Movements	3
Scoring	Violin and orchestra
Premiere
Date	1883 (1883)
Location	Prague

The Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (B.108), is a concerto for violin and orchestra composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1879. It was premiered in Prague in 1883 by František Ondříček, who also gave the Vienna and London premieres. Today it remains an important work in the violin repertoire.

The concerto's structure is the classical three movements of fast-slow-fast.

Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro giocoso ma non troppo

Dvořák was inspired to write the concerto after meeting Joseph Joachim in 1878, and composed the work with the intention of dedicating it him. However, when he finished the concerto in 1879, Joachim became skeptical about it. Joachim was a strict classicist and objected, inter alia, to Dvořák's abrupt truncation of the first movement's orchestral tutti. Joachim also didn't like the fact that the recapitulation was cut short and that it led directly to the slow second movement. It is also assumed that he was upset with the persistent repetition found in the third movement. However, Joachim never said anything outright and instead claimed to be editing the solo part. He never actually performed the piece in public.

Recordings

Notable recordings of the concerto include:

Váša Příhoda, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera under Paul van Kempen^[1]^[2]^[3]
Johanna Martzy, RIAS Symphony Orchestra under Ferenc Fricsay,1953
Josef Suk, Czech Philharmonic under Karel Ančerl
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Camila Kolchinsky
Georg Kulenkampff, Berliner Philarmoniker under Eugen Jochum
Adolf Busch, National Orchestral Association Orchestra under Leon Barzin
Itzhak Perlman, Philadelphia Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim
Isaac Stern, Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy
Nathan Milstein, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Manfred Honeck
Pamela Frank, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Mackerras
Isabelle Faust, Prague Philharmonia, Jiří Bělohlávek, 2004 (Harmonia Mundi France)
Julia Fischer, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman, recorded 2012 (DECCA England)
Arabella Steinbacher, Rundfunks Synfonieorchester Berlin. (Pentatone )

External links

Info on a comprehensive Dvorak site
Violin Concerto: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
YouTube recording of Itzhak Perlman performing the 3rd movement.

References

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in A major String Quartet No. 2 in B♭ major String Quartet No. 3 in D major String Quartet No. 4 in E minor String Quartet No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor, Op. 12, B. 40 Andante appassionato in F major B.40a No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16, B. 45 String Quartet No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major String Quartet No. 11 in C major String Quartet No. 12 in F major (American) String Quartet No. 13 in G major String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses quartet (Dvořák)

Other	Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Silent Woods Sonatina in G major String Quintet No. 2 in G major String Quintet No. 3 in E♭ major (American) String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C

Piano music

Named for Dvořák

Portal:Classical music

Concertos by Antonín Dvořák

Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Cello Concerto in A major, B. 10 List of compositions by Antonín Dvořák

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