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{{Short description|Musical work for solo violin and ensemble}}
{{redirect|Violin Concerto}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-77066-0002, Berlin, Deutsche Staatsoper, Festkonzert David Oistrach.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[David Oistrakh]] playing a violin concerto, 1960]]
A '''violin concerto''' is a [[concerto]] for solo [[violin]] (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily [[orchestra]]). Such works have been written since the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire. 

Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], and [[Alban Berg]].{{Efn|In [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Berg's concerto]], the first two and last two movements are conjoined, with the only break coming between the second and third movements.|group=n|name=bergvc}} In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a [[chamber music|chamber ensemble]] rather than an orchestra—for instance, in Vivaldi's ''[[L'estro armonico]]'', originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and [[figured bass|continuo]], and in [[Allan Pettersson]]'s first concerto, for violin and string quartet.

==List of violin concertos==
{{main|List of compositions for violin and orchestra}}
The following concertos are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire.

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*[[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]
**[[Violin Concerto (John Adams)|Violin Concerto]] (1993)
*[[Malcolm Arnold]]
**[[Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra]] (1969)
*[[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
**[[Violin Concerto in A minor (Bach)|Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041]] (1717–1723)
**[[Violin Concerto in E major (Bach)|Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042]] (1717–1723)
**[[Double Violin Concerto (Bach)|Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043]] (1723)
*[[Samuel Barber]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto, Op. 14]] (1939)
*[[Béla Bartók]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 1]] (1908)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] (1938)
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61]] (1806)
*[[Alban Berg]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]] (1935)
*[[Ernest Bloch]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Bloch)|Violin Concerto]] (1938)
*[[Nimrod Borenstein]]
**Concerto for violin and orchestra opus 60 (2013)
*[[Johannes Brahms]] 
**[[Violin Concerto (Brahms)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77]] (1878)
*[[Benjamin Britten]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Britten)|Violin Concerto]] (1939)
*[[Max Bruch]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26]] (1867)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44]] (1878)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58]] (1891)
* [[Henri Casadesus]]
** Concerto in D major in the style of [[Luigi Boccherini]]
*[[Frederick Delius]]
** Violin Concerto
*[[Henri Dutilleux]]
**''[[L'arbre des songes|L'Arbre des songes]]'' (1985)
*[[Antonín Dvořák]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Dvořák)|Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53]] (1879–1880)
*[[Danny Elfman]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Elfman)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven"]] (2017)
*[[Edward Elgar]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Elgar)|Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61]] (1910)
*[[Eduard Franck]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Eduard Franck)|Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 30]] (1855/1861)
**[[Violin Concerto (Eduard Franck)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 57]] (1875)
*[[Richard Franck]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Richard Franck)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 43]] (1906)
*[[Hans Gal]]
**[[Violin Concerto Op. 39]] (1932)
**[[Concertino for Violin and Orchestra Op. 52]] (1939)
*[[Philip Glass]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Glass)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1]] (1987)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Glass)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 2]], "The American Four Seasons" (2009)
*[[Alexander Glazunov]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Glazunov)|Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82]] (1904)
*[[Karl Goldmark]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Goldmark)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 28]] (1877)
*[[Georg Friedrich Händel]]
**Violin Concerto in B flat major, HWV 288 (ca. 1707)
*[[Joseph Haydn]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1]] (ca. 1765)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIa:2]] (1765, lost)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Haydn)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Hob. VIIa:3 "Melker Konzert"]] (ca. 1770)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Haydn)|Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob. VIIa:4]] (1769)
*[[Jennifer Higdon]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]] (2008)
*[[Paul Hindemith]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Hindemith)|Violin Concerto]] (1939) 
*[[Robin Holloway]]
**Violin Concerto Op. 70 (1990)
*[[Akira Ifukube]]
**Rhapsodia Concertante for Violin and Orchestra (1948)
**Violin Concerto No. 2 (1978)
*[[Shin'ichiro Ikebe]]
**Violin Concerto, (1981)
*[[Joseph Joachim]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Joachim)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor]]
*[[Mieczysław Karłowicz]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Karlowicz)|Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8 (1902)]] 
*[[Aram Khachaturian]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Khachaturian)|Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 46]] (1940)
*[[Ståle Kleiberg]]
**Violin Concerto no. 1 (2005)
**Violin Concerto no. 2 (2017)
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Korngold)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35]] (1945)
*[[Édouard Lalo]]
**Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 20 (1874)
**''[[Symphonie Espagnole]]'' (1874)
*Jean-Marie Leclair
** 12 concertos for violin and orchestra op.7 & op.10
*[[Marian Lejava]]
**Vertigo - Concerto for Violin and Ensemble Op. 23 (2018)
*[[Lowell Liebermann]]
**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 74 (2001)
*[[Avrohom Leichtling]]
**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 95 (1988–1991)
*[[György Ligeti]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Ligeti)|Violin Concerto]] (1992)
*[[Karol Lipiński]]
**Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 14 in F {{music|sharp}} minor (1822)
**Violin Concerto No. 2 "Militaire" Op. 21 in D major (1826)
**Violin Concerto No. 3 Op. 24 in E minor (1830–33)
**Violin Concerto No. 4 Op. 32 in A major (1844)
*[[Wynton Marsalis]]
**Violin Concerto (2019)
*[[Henri Marteau]]
**[[Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 18]] (1916)
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**[[Violin Concerto No 1 H 232b]] (1933)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 H 293]] (1943)
*[[Felix Mendelssohn]]
**[[Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto in D minor]] (1822)
**[[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64]] (1844)
*[[Edgar Meyer]]
**Violin Concerto (2000)
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]
**Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 44 (1938)
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in B{{music|flat}} major, K. 207]] (1773), with alternative [[Rondo in B-flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Rondo in B{{music|flat}}, K. 269/261a]] (added 1775–1777)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211]] (1775)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216]], ''Strassburg'' (1775)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218]] (1775)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219]], ''Turkish'' (1775), with alternative [[Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Adagio in E, K. 261]] (added 1776)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 268]] (Attributed to [[Johann Friedrich Eck]], 1780–81)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 7 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a]], ''Kolb'' (Doubtful, 1777)
**[[Adélaïde Concerto]] (Forgery by [[Marius Casadesus]], 1933)
*[[Marjan Mozetich]]
**[[Affairs of the Heart: Violin Concerto]] (1998)
*[[Carl Nielsen]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Nielsen)|Violin Concerto, Op. 33]] (1911)
*[[Michael Nyman]]
**Violin Concerto (2003)
*[[Niccolò Paganini]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, MS 21]] (ca. 1811–17)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, MS 48]], ''La Campanella'' (1826)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50]] (ca. 1826–30)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60]] (ca. 1829–30)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 5 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78]] (1830)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 6 (Paganini)|Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor, Op. posth., MS 75]]—probably the first to be written; only the solo part survives
*[[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]]
**Violin Concerto in B flat major
*[[Manuel M. Ponce]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Ponce)|Violin Concerto]] (1943)
*[[Gerhard Präsent]]
**Violin Concerto Op. 73 (2015)
*[[André Previn]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"]] (2001)
*[[Florence Price]]
**Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (1939)
**Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor (1952)
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19]] (1917)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63]] (1935)
*[[Behzad Ranjbaran]]
**[[Violin Concerto]] (2002)
* [[Max Reger]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Reger)|Violin Concerto]] in A major [[Max Reger works#101|Op. 101]] (1907–1908)
*[[Miklós Rózsa]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Rózsa)|Violin Concerto]], Op. 24 (1953)
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20]] (1859)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 58]] (1858)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61]] (1880)
*[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Salonen)|Violin Concerto]] (2009)
*[[Alfred Schnittke]]
**Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1957, revised 1963)
**Concerto No. 2 for violin and chamber orchestra (1966)
**Concerto No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra (1978)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Schnittke)|Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra]] (1984)
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Schoenberg)|Violin Concerto]] (1936)
*[[Robert Schumann]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Schumann)|Violin Concerto, WoO 23]] (1853)
*[[Laura Schwendinger]]
**Violin Concerto "Chiaroscuro Azzurro" 
*[[Vache Sharafyan]] 
**Concerto-Serenata for violin and strings
**Con-Cor-Dance Violin Concerto #2
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77]] (1948, rev. 1955 as Op. 99)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in C{{music|sharp}} minor, Op. 129]] (1967)
*[[Aleksandr Shymko]]
**Violin Concerto (2012)
*[[Peter Seabourne]]
**Violin Concerto (with string orchestra) (2018)
*[[Jean Sibelius]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Sibelius)|Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47]] (1904)
*[[Maddalena Laura Sirmen]]
**[[Six Violin Concerti]]
*[[Richard Strauss]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Strauss)|Violin Concerto]] (1881–82)
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Stravinsky)|Violin Concerto]] (1931)
*[[Karol Szymanowski]]
** [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Szymanowski)|Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35]] (1916)
** Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1932–1933)
*[[Toru Takemitsu]]
**Far calls. Coming, far! for Violin and Orchestra (1980)
*[[Boris Tchaikovsky]]
**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1969)
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)|Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35]] (1878)
*[[Daniel Theaker]]
**Violin Concerto
*[[Henri Vieuxtemps]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 10]] (1840)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in F{{music|sharp}} minor, Op. 19]] (ca. 1835–36)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Op. 25]] (1844)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31]] (ca. 1850)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 5 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37]], ''Grétry'' (1861)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 6 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, Op. 47/Op. posth. 1]] (1865–1870)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 7 (Vieuxtemps)|Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, Op. 49/Op. posth. 3]]
*[[Antonio Vivaldi]] — many, particularly:
**''[[L'estro Armonico]]'', Op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos
**''[[La stravaganza]]'', Op. 4 (ca. 1714)
**[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|''The Four Seasons'']] (ca. 1725)—four concertos, the first four numbers of ''Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'', Op. 8
*[[Giovanni Battista Viotti]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor]]
*[[William Walton]]
**[[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] (1939)
*[[Henryk Wieniawski]]
**[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Wieniawski)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in F{{music|sharp}} minor, Op. 14]] (1853)
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Wieniawski)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22]] (1862)
*[[John Williams]]
**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1976)
**TreeSong: for Violin and Orchestra (2000)
*[[Malcolm Williamson]]
**Violin Concerto (1963–1964)
* [[Felix Woyrsch]]
** Skaldische Rhapsodie in D minor, Op. 50 (1904)
* [[Pēteris Vasks]]
** Tālā Gaisma ("Distant Light") (1996-7)
* [[He Zhanhao]] and [[Chen Gang (composer)|Chen Gang]]
** [[Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto]] (1959)
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==List of other works for violin and orchestra==
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*[[Béla Bartók]]
**[[Rhapsody No. 1 (Bartók)|Violin Rhapsody No. 1]] (1929)
**[[Rhapsody No. 2 (Bartók)|Violin Rhapsody No. 2]] (1928)
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
**[[Romance No. 1 (Beethoven)|Romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40]] (1798–1802)
**[[Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)|Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50]] (1798–1802)
*[[Hector Berlioz]]
**''Rêverie et Caprice'', Op. 8 (1841; 1842)
*[[Leonard Bernstein]]
**''[[Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"|Serenade, after Plato: Symposium]]'' (1954)
*[[Ernest Bloch]]
**''Baal Shem'' (1939)
*[[Max Bruch]]
**[[Romance in A minor (Bruch)|Romance in A minor, op. 42]] (1874)
**''[[Scottish Fantasy]]'', op. 46 (1880)
**Adagio Appassionato in C{{music|sharp}} minor, op. 57 (1890)
**''In memoriam'', op. 65 (1893)
**[[Serenade (Bruch)|Serenade in A minor, op. 75]] (1899–1900)
**Konzertstück in F{{music|sharp}} minor, op. 84 (ca. 1911)
*[[Ernest Chausson]]
**[[Poème (Chausson)|''Poème'', op. 25]] (1896)
*[[John Corigliano]]
**[[Chaconne]] from ''[[The Red Violin]]''
*[[Antonín Dvořák]]
**[[Romance in F minor (Dvořák)|Romance in F minor, op. 11]] (1877)
*[[Richard Franck]]
**[[Violin Serenade (Franck)|Serenade in A major, op. 25]] (1896)
*[[Takekuni Hirayoshi]]
**Requiem for violin and orchestra
*[[Joe Hisaishi]]
**Interior Symphony for Electric Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2015)
*[[Jules Massenet]]
**"[[Méditation from Thaïs|Méditation]]" from ''[[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]]'' (1894)
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
**[[Concertone for two Violins and Orchestra|Concertone in C major, for two violins and orchestra, K. 190]] (1774)
**[[Rondo in B flat for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Rondo in B{{music|flat}} major, K. 269/261a]] (1775-1777)
**[[Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Adagio in E major, K. 261]] (1776)
**[[Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra (Mozart)|Rondo in C major, K. 373]] (1781)
*[[Arvo Pärt]]
**''[[Fratres]]'' for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992) 
**''Darf ich...'' for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999)
*[[Maurice Ravel]]
**''[[Tzigane]]'' (1924)
*[[Laurence Rosenthal]]
**''Prophetic Voices'' for violin, percussion and orchestra
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
**[[Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (Saint-Saëns)|Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, op. 28]] (1863)
**Romance in C major, op. 48 (1874)
**''Morceau de concert'' in G major, op. 62 (1880)
**[[Havanaise (Saint-Saëns)|''Havanaise'' in E major, op. 83]] (1887)
**''Caprice andalous'' in G major, op. 122 (1904)
*[[Pablo de Sarasate]]
**''[[Zigeunerweisen]]'', op. 20 (1878)
**[[Carmen Fantasy (Sarasate)|''Carmen Fantasy'', op. 25]] (1883)
**''Miramar-Zortzico'', op. 42 (1899)
**Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899)
*[[Akira Senju]]
**''Sai Fog'' for violin and string orchestra (1994)
**''Four Seasons'' for violin and string orchestra (2004)
*[[Franz Schubert]]
**Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816)
**[[Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D 438 (Schubert)|Rondo in A major, D. 438]] (1816)
**Polonaise in B{{music|flat}} major, D. 580 (1817)
*[[Robert Schumann]]
**Fantasy in C major, Op. 131 (1853)
*[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]]
**[[Fantasy in G minor, Op. 24]]
*[[Toru Takemitsu]]
**Nostalghia—In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky for violin and string orchestra (1987)
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]
**''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'', Op. 26 (1875)
**''[[Souvenir d'un lieu cher]]'', Op. 42 (written for violin and piano in 1878; arranged for violin and orchestra by [[Alexander Glazunov]] in 1896)
**''[[Valse-Scherzo_(Tchaikovsky)|Valse-Scherzo]]'', Op. 34 (1877)
*[[Andrew Thomas (composer)|Andrew Thomas]]
**''[[Premonitions]]'' (2017, written for violinist Claudia Schaer and North/South Ensemble)
*[[John Williams]]
**Markings for solo violin, strings and harp (2017)
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]
**''[[The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams)|The Lark Ascending]]'' (1914)
*[[Henryk Wieniawski]]
** [[Polonaise de Concert, Op. 4 (Wieniawski)|Polonaise de Concert No. 1, Op. 4]] (sometimes known as Polonaise Brillante; 1853)
**[[Légende (Wieniawski)|Légende in G minor, op. 17]] (1859)
** Fantasy brillante on Gounod's "Faust", op.20
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== See also ==
*[[Violin sonata]]
*[[Piano trio]]

== Notes ==
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