Violin Concerto

Composer: BAX, Sir Arnold
  • Completed in 1938, Bax’s Violin Concerto was written for renowned violinist, Jascha Heifetz. Unfortunately, Heifetz was reputedly unimpressed by the score and didn’t find it virtuosic enough. The piece finally premiered in 1943 performed by violinist Eda Kersey.
  • This concerto is noticeably lighter, more romantic, and perhaps more palatable than the “Sturm und Drang” (“storm and stress”) quality of Bax’s symphonies.1

Sources

  1. Lewis Foreman, Essay in accompanying booklet, Bax: Violin Concerto performed by Lydia Mordkovitch and the London Philharmonic conducted by Bryden Thomson, CHAN 9003, 1991, compact disc.

Cut IDs

13331 13333