Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bruch)

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.

Violin Concerto
by Max Bruch
KeyD minor
CatalogueOp. 58
PeriodRomantic
GenreConcerto
Composed1891 (1891)
Movements3
ScoringViolin & Orchestra

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

Description

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 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

The concerto has three movements:

  1. Allegro energico
  2. Adagio
  3. Finale: Allegro molto

A typical performance lasts around 38 minutes.

Video Example

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.58 performed in 2011 by Liviu Prunaru and the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra under Horia Andreescu.

  • "I. Allegro energico". Youtube. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  • "II. Adagio". Youtube. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  • "III. Finale: Allegro Molto". Youtube. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
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References
Notes
  1. (Anderson 2009)
  2. (Johnson 2013)
  3. (Meltzer 2013)
Sources



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