Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64

Composer: MENDELSSOHN, Felix
  • Mendelssohn completed this concerto on September 16, 1844. It was his last major orchestral work. Mendelssohn died in 1846.1
  • Mendelssohn wrote this concerto for his friend and colleague, violinist and composer Ferdinand David. David was the concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Mendelssohn was the Gewandhaus conductor.2
    • David advised Mendelssohn on writing the violin solo part of the concerto.3
    • David was one of three composers whom Paul Mendelssohn (Felix’s brother) asked to edit Felix’s posthumous works for publication after his death.4
  • Ferdinand David played the premiere of this concerto on March 13, 1845, in Leipzig, with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Niels Gade was the conductor.5

Sources

  1. R. Larry Todd, “Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy), (Jacob Ludwig) Felix,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed March 23, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000051795.
  2. “Violin Concerto, Op.64 (Mendelssohn, Felix),” IMSLP, accessed March 23, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto,_Op.64_(Mendelssohn,_Felix).
  3. Calum MacDonald, “Ferdinand David,” Hyperion (accessed March 23, 2021), https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C2912.
  4. Calum MacDonald, “Ferdinand David,” Hyperion (accessed March 23, 2021), https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C2912.
  5. “Violin Concerto, Op.64 (Mendelssohn, Felix),” IMSLP, accessed March 23, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto,_Op.64_(Mendelssohn,_Felix).

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