The Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14 is the last concerto to be written by Felix Mendelssohn. Well received at its premiere, it has remained among the most prominent and highly-regarded violin concertos. It holds a central place in the violin repertoire and has developed a reputation as an essential concerto for all aspiring concert violinists to master, and usually one of the first Romantic era concertos they learn.
It is the music that was only used in Flight of the Instrument Fairies.
Summary[]
In Season 2[]
In Flight of the Instrument Fairies, Violin Concerto in E Minor was only used to sing the violin fairy's song.
Movements[]
The concerto consists of three movements with the following tempo markings:
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14[]
- Allegro molto appassionato
- Andante
- Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
Episode Appearances[]
Season 2[]
Songs adapted from Violin Concerto in E minor[]
Flight of the Instrument Fairies[]
Trivia[]
- The work itself was one of the foremost violin concertos of the Romantic era and was influential on many other composers.
- Many violinists have recorded the concerto and it is performed in concerts and classical music competitions.
- Mendelssohn originally proposed the idea of the violin concerto to Ferdinand David, a close friend and then concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Although conceived in 1838, the work took another six years to complete and was not premiered until 1845.
- During this time, Mendelssohn maintained a regular correspondence with David, who gave him many suggestions.
- The concerto itself was an instant success, warmly received at its premiere and well received by contemporary critics. By the end of the nineteenth century, the piece was already considered one of the greatest violin concertos in the repertoire. It would become one of Mendelssohn's most popular pieces, and was still regularly performed even when interest in his music declined in the early twentieth century.
- Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto influenced the concertos of many other composers, who adopted aspects of it in their own concertos.
