Violin_Concerto_No._3_(Bruch)

Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bruch)

Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bruch)

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Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58, was composed in 1891 and dedicated to the violinist/composer Joseph Joachim, who had persuaded him to expand a single movement concert piece into a full violin concerto.

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It has never attained the same prominence as the G minor concerto.

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In 1891 Bruch composed his Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58, which was dedicated to his friend (and superior at the Berlin Academy of Music) the violinist/composer Joseph Joachim, who had persuaded him to expand what had started out as a single movement concert piece into a full violin concerto.[1] Joachim was the soloist at the work's premiere, in Dusseldorf in 31 May 1891.[1]

Despite being advocated by Joachim and Pablo de Sarasate, the concerto, which differed from its predecessors in its adherence to traditional classical structures, never attained the same prominence as the G minor concerto.

In recent years the concerto has been described as "...a musical unicorn: since it has almost never been played, its existence is for many the stuff only of musicological folklore."[2] Program notes for a 2013 performance of the G minor concerto by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra even denied the existence of the concerto, stating that Bruch had composed only two violin concertos, the G minor concerto and the D minor concerto composed for Sarasate.[3]

Structure

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The concerto has three movements:

A typical performance lasts around 38 minutes.

References

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  1. [1]
    (Anderson 2009)
  2. [2]
    (Johnston n.d.)
  3. [3]
    (Meltzer 2013)
Sources
  • Anderson, Keith (2009). Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 (CD). Naxos Records. No: 8.557793.
  • Johnston, Blair (n.d.). "Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 58". Retrieved 2021-05-09 – via AllMusic.
  • Meltzer, Ken (2013). "Program notes to Concerts of January 24 & 25 2013". Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2016-09-05.


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