![]() Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 24 for solo violin has more technical wizardry in one piece than most other composers utilise in a whole career. Standing statuesque at the pinnacle of many people’s idea of the perfect expression of the violin’s strengths, Paganini’s Caprice No. ![]() Whether you find it grating or intoxicating, it’s stimulated debate more than almost any other piece on our list. It divides opinion with critics and fans alike, but Philip Glass’ lasting contribution to the violin repertoire certainly has hypnotic power. Nailing that capricious nature is just as tricky as the notes themselves, but once you’ve got, well… you’re doing well. Played well, it’ll sweep the violinist along just as much as the audience.Īlthough the technical challenges are very much there for any violinist, the real joy of this concerto is the exuberance. ![]() Written late in the composer’s career, this final violin sonata contains all the melancholic splendour you’d imagine, but also some of Brahms’ sweetest melodies. An innovator of the time, Biber was simply able to play things that other violinists couldn’t - and the Mystery Sonatas show him as his strongest. But aside from that, Biber’s skill as a violinist was absolutely essential to its composition. This set of 15 pieces for violin have, as their title suggests, a slightly mystical air about them. Struggling to find an artistic space in which he could reconcile angular 12-tone music with more listenable ‘normal’ late-romantic music, Berg’s violin concerto captures the composer in a thrilling no-man’s land. Within this concerto, there’s a war going on. And while he managed to deploy all these emotional colours beautifully in the main areas of his work, something about the intimacy of violin and piano here show him in his rawest light. ![]() 9 (‘Kreutzer’)īeing the emotional melting pot he was, Beethoven’s character switches in this charge sonata are even more pronounced than usual. Her Violin Sonata is a beautiful example of her Romantic style, packing passion, virtuosity and haunting melodies into its three movements.īeethoven - Violin Sonata No. She was well-respected in her lifetime, but sadly her works have been rather neglected since. Amy Beach was an American composer born in 1867. ![]()
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