Violin Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)

The Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major (Hob. VIIa/1) by Joseph Haydn, fatto per il luigi, was written in the 1760s (maybe in 1765) for a well-known violinist of the time, Luigi Tomasini, who was just back from Italy and soon became the concertmaster of the Esterházy orchestra.

None of Haydn's violin concertos exist today in autograph form. This work went unpublished until the mid-twentieth century and has come down to violinists in only very few copies (eight manuscripts).

Structure

The piece has three movements, each written in sonata form, like the first cello concerto from that time.

Allegro moderato
Adagio
Finale: Presto

Concertos by Joseph Haydn

Piano concertos	Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D Major, Hob. XVIII/11

Violin concertos	Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa/1 Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Hob. VIIa/3 (Melker Konzert) Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob. VIIa/4

Cello concertos	Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2

Oboe concertos	Oboe Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIg/C1 (doubtful)

Horn concertos	Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId/3 Horn Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob. VIId/4 (doubtful) Concerto for Two Horns in E flat, Hob. VIId/6 (doubtful)

Trumpet concerto	Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe/1

Sinfonia concertante	Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Hob. I/105

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