violin concerto Archive

Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto

Sibelius’s D-minor Violin Concerto towers as an icy summit in the instrument’s literature. But Sibelius and the violin are connected in other ways, too. He aspired to become a violin virtuoso himself but unfortunately fixed …

The Violin concerto by Tchaikovsky

The concerto begins slowly with an introduction by the orchestra. This gives way to the entrance of the soloist, who introduces the first movement’s main melody, one of Tchaikovsky’s most beautiful themes. The soloist’s music …