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Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)
1823 composition by Felix Mendelssohn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4, also known as the Double Concerto in D minor, was written in 1823 by Felix Mendelssohn when he was 14 years old.[1] This piece is Mendelssohn's fourth work for a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment, preceded by a Largo and Allegro in D minor for Piano and Strings MWV O1, the Piano Concerto in A Minor MWV O2, and the Violin Concerto in D minor MWV O3. Mendelssohn composed the work to be performed for a private concert on May 25, 1823 at the Mendelssohn home in Berlin with his violin teacher and friend, Eduard Rietz [de].[2] Following this private performance, Mendelssohn revised the scoring, adding winds and timpani and is possibly the first work in which Mendelssohn used winds and timpani in a large work. A public performance was given on July 3, 1823 at the Berlin Schauspielhaus.[3] Like the A minor piano concerto (1822), it remained unpublished during Mendelssohn's lifetime and it wasn't until 1999 when a critical edition of the piece was available.[4]
Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings | |
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by Felix Mendelssohn | |
![]() Mendelssohn in 1821, age 12 | |
Key | D minor |
Catalogue | MWV O 4 |
Period | Romantic |
Genre | Concerto |
Composed | 1823 (1823) |
Movements | 3 |
Scoring | Piano, violin solo, strings (original), winds, timpani (revised) |
Premiere | |
Date | May 25, 1823 |