Violin concerto [2]
in C major, 1935

Completed 8 June 1935
Composed using themes from Violin concerto 1, which was lost in 1934 on the Brighton train at Victoria Station
originally titled The heroic

violin solo
3 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns , 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, bass drum, side drum, cymbals, harp, strings

 
Holmes/Pope
1969		 Holmes/Blair
1979		 Holmes/Blair
1981		 Bisengaliev/Friend
CD 1993
I  Allegro moderato   13:57 15:05 15:35 13:58
II  Lento  9:09 9:48 10:23 8:46
III  Allegro fuoco  11:47 12:51 12:25 12:47
Total 34:53 37:44 38:23 34:35

 

United Music Publishers 

 

Music excerpts

sound excerpts on Tower Records

 

Performances

1 June 1969 [first performance] (recording) / 20 June 1969 (BBC broadcast)
Ralph Holmes, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope

19 May 1979 [first public performance] . St John's Smith Square
Ralph Holmes, Young Musician's Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair

27 May 1995 . St James' Church, Piccadilly, London
Marat Bisengaliev, Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher
A latter day Ysa˙e - Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net

 

Commercial recording

12-15 January 1993 . Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow / Marco Polo
Marat Bisengaliev (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend

Re-released as Naxos 8.557775 in 2006


A latter day Ysa˙e - Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net
see also Discography

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