Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bruch)
The Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op 44 is a violin concerto by Max Bruch.
Formation
The concerto was written in 1877, ten years after fracture successful first violin concerto at the instigation of the Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate. Unlike the composition of the previous work to fracture did this time at work easier, as it the second concert, as he wrote, "courage to instrumental music " made . With respect to the principal wrote break: " The main idea of the work are products of the enthusiasm that has caught his indescribable fully komene playing the first Concertos in me. "
The premiere took place on November 3, 1877 in London's Crystal Palace with Sarasate as soloists and broken on the podium instead.
Set names
About the Music
The skills of the virtuoso Sarasate accordingly, represents the Violin Concerto high demands on the soloist.
The first set is a accompanied by the plaintive violin funeral march, inspired, according to the testimony of a friend of fracture of the idea of a woman who wanders on the battlefield between the bodies of fallen soldiers. The Adagio of the first sentence breaks with the tradition of the usual in the first movement of a concerto Allegro.
The second movement, an instrumental recitative contains thematic return or anticipations on the outer movements of the concerto and leads to the final. He is inspired by the vocal music.
The third movement is a vital rondo finale.
Effect
Despite breaking compositional efforts is his second concert - just like his 1890/1891 third arisen Violin Concerto - in the shadow of the success of the popular first- violin concerto. After initial joy at the success of the first violin concerto break felt this as a burden, as it diverted attention from breaking other compositions.
Documents
- Haren mountain concert guide, Haren mountain communication, Dortmund, 1998, ISBN 3-611-00535-5
- Booklet of the double CD Bruch - The Complete Violin Concertos, Philips Classics, 1998