Violin concerto 2

In C major, 3 movements, 1935†, 38:00

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

I Allegro moderato
II Lento
III Allegro fuoco

United Music Publishing

Timings

Holmes/Pope 1969Holmes/Blair 1979Holmes/Blair 1981Bisengaliev/Friend 1993Bisengaliev/Kelleher 1995McAslan/Brabbins 2012
I Allegro moderato13:5715:0515:3013:5813:5914:35
II Lento9:099:4810:058:468:489:05
III Allegro fuoco11:4712:5112:3512:4712:5013:01
Total34:5337:4438:1035:3135:3736:41

Performances

1 June 1969 [first performance]
20 June 1969 BBC
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
14 May 1981 BBC studios, Manchester
live broadcast BBC Radio 3
Ralph Holmes, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Blair
12–15 January 1993 Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow
Marat Bisengaliev (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend
A latter day Ysaÿe – Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net
27 May 1995 St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London
Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Millennium Sinfonia, conductor James Kelleher
A latter day Ysaÿe – Martin Anderson interviews Marat Bisengaliev on Classical Net
31 May & 1 June 2012 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Lorraine McAslan, violin; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Recordings

Aries LP 1607
1 June 1969 [first performance]
Ralph Holmes, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stanley Pope
Naxos 8.557775 released May 2005
12–15 January 1993 Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow
Marat Bisengaliev (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend
The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown
Dutton Vocalion CDLX 7296 released November 2012
31 May & 1 June 2012 RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Lorraine McAslan, violin; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins