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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Piece #16 - Violin Concerto, mvt 1 - Tchaikovsky

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATK_pj2iMqg
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfdMR1WfNY&feature=related

Factoids:
  • A concerto is a multi-movement (usually 3) work written for solo instrument and orchestra.
  • Completed in 1878, this may be the most famous and technically demanding violin concerto of them all.
    • Was finished just two years after his famous ballet Swan Lake.

  • Although numerous references in pop culture have made his ballets recognizable, his symphonies and concerti are truly masterworks.
    • His first piano concerto is also one of the most noteworthy written for the instrument.

  • I enjoy the playful nature of this opening movement.
  • There are exciting passages where the soloist will play a multi-textural line.
    • One part being the primary theme, and the other an accompanimental figure.

Happy Listening!

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