![]() ![]() I have no doubt that he will be pleased with what I have done. As Dvořák explained in a letter to Simrock, “At his request, I have revised the whole concerto not a single bar has been left unaltered. Dvořák valued Joachim’s opinion and experience after finishing the first draft, Dvořák sent it to Joachim, who advised a number of changes, some of them substantial. Joachim was also the inspiration for several major violin concertos, including those of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. Joseph Joachim was one of the 19th century’s greatest violinists and a child prodigy (he performed Beethoven’s violin concerto under the direction of Felix Mendelssohn at age 12). However, it took him more than four years to complete his violin concerto. ![]() Dvořák was not an unusually slow composer, and he had studied violin as a child, so he was both familiar and comfortable with the instrument. “Would you like to write a violin concerto for me? Highly original, tuneful, and for good violinists? Let me know what you think!” When Antonín Dvořák received this suggestion from publisher Fritz Simrock in January 1879, he jumped at the opportunity. Instrumentation: solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings Most recent Oregon Symphony performance: JanuCarlos Kalmar, conductor Chee-Yun, violin ![]()
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