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Violin Concerto in A

for violin and string orchestra
edited by Allan Badley
violin and string orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

In an age of remarkable individuals, Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, son of a French colonial planter and a beautiful Senegalese slave, occupied a unique position as an athlete, swordsman, military commander, huntsman, violin virtuoso, composer and conductor. Though written for his own use, the violin concertos are more than vehicles for mere virtuoso display. Lyrical expressive slow movements are flanked by often highly original outer movements, quite unlike anything being written at the time by Viennese composers such as Haydn, Hofmann and Dittersdorf. Had Mozart seen Saint-Georges play his brilliant concertos while he was in Paris in 1778, he would have heard many things in them to admire.

Content

I Allegro moderato
II Largo
III Rondeau

More Information

Title:
Violin Concerto in A
for violin and string orchestra
edited by Allan Badley
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Artaria Editions
Opus:
op. 5/2
Duration:
22 ′
Key:
A-Dur

Technical Details

Product number:
LAE 238-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

Preview/Media Contents

Audio:
Video:
Excerpts from all movements of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A major Op. 5 No. 2

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    September 5, 2023 | Meran (Italy) , Kursaal
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    September 3, 2023 | Künzelsau (Germany) , Carmen Würth Forum
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