Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61

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The Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 is a large-scale, late-Romantic concerto for violin and orchestra by Edward Elgar, renowned for its lyrical intensity, technical demands, and prominent place in the violin repertoire.

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Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composition ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
violin concerto ⓘ
approximateDuration 50 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 61 ⓘ
commissionedBy Royal Philharmonic Society ⓘ
composer Edward Elgar ⓘ
composerNationality British ⓘ
compositionLocation England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 10 November 1910 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Fritz Kreisler ⓘ
firstPublisher Novello & Co. ⓘ
genre concerto ⓘ
hasDedicationNote “Aqui está encerrada el alma de …..” ⓘ
hasMottoLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasProminentRecording recording by Hilary Hahn ⓘ
recording by Itzhak Perlman ⓘ
recording by Jascha Heifetz ⓘ
recording by Nigel Kennedy ⓘ
recording by Yehudi Menuhin with Edward Elgar conducting ⓘ
hasThemeType lyrical slow movement ⓘ
noble, expansive first-movement themes ⓘ
virtuosic finale ⓘ
key B minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement I. Allegro ⓘ
II. Andante ⓘ
III. Allegro molto ⓘ
notableFeature extended accompanied cadenza in the finale ⓘ
high technical demands for the soloist ⓘ
large-scale symphonic conception ⓘ
lyrical intensity ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 61 ⓘ
orchestration violin and orchestra ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
placeInRepertoire central concerto of the 20th-century violin canon ⓘ
major work of the violin repertoire ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Queen’s Hall, London ⓘ
premiereConductor Edward Elgar ⓘ
premiereOrchestra London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
premiereSoloist Fritz Kreisler ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 ⓘ
Enigma Variations, Op. 36 ⓘ
linked to: Enigma Variations
soloInstrument violin ⓘ
style late-Romantic ⓘ
yearCompleted 1910 ⓘ
yearComposed 1909 ⓘ

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