Sergei Prokofiev began his Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19, as a concertino in 1915 but soon abandoned it to work on his opera The Gambler. He...
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The Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, written in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, is a work in three movements: Allegro moderato Andante assai Allegro...
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Sergei Prokofiev set about composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10, in 1911, and finished it the next year. The shortest of all his...
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(Piston) Violin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev) in D major Violin Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns) in A major by Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto (Schoenberg)...
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Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, was composed between 1938 and 1946, two years after Violin Sonata No. 2. Prokofiev was awarded...
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Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 (also widely referred to as Sinfonia Concertante) is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra...
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A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have...
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December 18, 1916, Prokofiev wrote in his diary, "I look forward with joyous anticipation to the Piano Concerto No. 3, the Violin Concerto, and the Classical...
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for whom Prokofiev would compose his second violin concerto in 1935 - and Samuel Dushkin, for whom Stravinsky composed his violin concerto a few months...
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Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, is a piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. It was completed in 1921 using sketches first started in 1913. Prokofiev began...
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