A violin concerto is a

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

for solo

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

(occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

). Such works have been written since the

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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

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Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

, and

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

. In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a

chamber ensemble Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

rather than an orchestra—for instance, in Vivaldi's ''

L'estro armonico ''L'estro armonico'' (''The Harmonic Inspiration''), opus number, Op. 3, is a set of 12 concertos for string instruments by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, first published in Amsterdam in 1711. Vivaldi's Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (Vivaldi), T ...

'', originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and in Allan Pettersson's first concerto, for violin and string quartet.

List of violin concertos

The following concertos are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. *

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Violin Concerto 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 period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

(1993) *

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music f ...

** Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra (1969) *

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1717–1723) ** Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1717–1723) ** Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (1723) *

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor (music), conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced ...

** Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1939) *

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806) *

(1935) *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (; ; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. Several of his most no ...

(1938) * Nimrod Borenstein **Concerto for violin and orchestra opus 60 (2013) *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878) *

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, o ...

(1939) *

Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic Music, Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (1867) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44 (1878) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 (1891) *

Henri Casadesus Henri-Gustave Casadesus (30 September 1879 – 31 May 1947) was a violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher. Early life Born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Casadesus received his early musical instruction with Albert L ...

** Concerto in D major in the style of

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classi ...

Frederick Delius file:Fritz Delius (1907).jpg, Delius, photographed in 1907 Frederick Theodore Albert Delius (born Fritz Theodor Albert Delius; ; 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934) was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prospero ...

** Violin Concerto *

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and R ...

**''

L'Arbre des songes ''L'Arbre des songes'' (''The Tree of Dreams'') is a violin concerto written by Henri Dutilleux between 1983 and 1985. It is dedicated to Isaac Stern. This concerto is the result of the composer's efforts in unifying large-scale works. The pro ...

'' (1985) *

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (1879–1880) *

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his ...

** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven" (2017) *

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

** Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1910) * Eduard Franck ** Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 30 (1855/1861) ** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 57 (1875) * Richard Franck ** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 43 (1906) * Hans Gal **

Violin Concerto Op. 39 The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino pic ...

(1932) ** Concertino for Violin and Orchestra Op. 52 (1939) *

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1 (1987) ** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 2, "The American Four Seasons" (2009) *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental i ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 (1904) *

Karl Goldmark Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, 18 May 1830 – Vienna, 2 January 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer. Peter Revers, Michael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, Richard L. Rudolph The Great Tradition and Its Legacy 2004; , p ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 28 (1877) *

Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well-known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

**Violin Concerto in B flat major, HWV 288 (ca. 1707) *

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

** 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 in A major, Hob. VIIa:3 "Melker Konzert" (ca. 1770) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob. VIIa:4 (1769) *

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemp ...

(2008) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

(1939) *

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

**Violin Concerto Op. 70 (1990) *

Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise as well as developing the Godzilla, titular monster's roar. Biography Early years in Hokkaido Akira Ifukube was born o ...

**Rhapsodia Concertante for Violin and Orchestra (1948) **Violin Concerto No. 2 (1978) * Shin'ichiro Ikebe **Violin Concerto, (1981) *

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian Violin, violinist, Conducting, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely ...

** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor *

Mieczysław Karłowicz Mieczysław Karłowicz (, 11 December 18768 February 1909) was a Polish composer and conductor. Life Mieczysław Karłowicz was born in Vishneva, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus) into a noble family belonging to ...

** Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8 (1902) *

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 46 (1940) * Ståle Kleiberg **Violin Concerto no. 1 (2005) **Violin Concerto no. 2 (2017) *

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold (; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential comp ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1945) *

Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French composer, violist, violinist, and academic teacher. His most celebrated piece is the '' Symphonie Espagnole'', a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra that re ...

**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 Lowell Liebermann (born February 22, 1961, in New York City) is an American composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career At the age of sixteen, Liebermann performed at Carnegie Hall, playing his Piano Sonata, op. 1. He studied at the Juilliar ...

**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 74 (2001) * Avrohom Leichtling **Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 95 (1988–1991) *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

(1992) *

Karol Lipiński Karol Józef Lipiński (30 October 1790 – 16 December 1861) was a Polish music composer and virtuoso violinist active during the partitions of Poland. The Karol Lipiński University of Music in Wrocław, Poland is named after him. Life L ...

**Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 14 in F 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 Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young ...

**Violin Concerto (2019) * Henri Marteau ** Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 18 (1916) *

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphony, symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber music, chamber, vocal and ins ...

** Violin Concerto No 1 H 232b (1933) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 H 293 (1943) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) ** Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844) * Edgar Meyer **Violin Concerto (2000) *

Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (; ; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize five times. Early years Myaskovsky ...

**Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 44 (1938) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in B major, K. 207 (1773), with alternative Rondo in B, K. 269/261a (added 1775–1777) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, ''Strassburg'' (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, ''Turkish'' (1775), with alternative Adagio in E, K. 261 (added 1776) ** Violin Concerto No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 268 (Attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck, 1780–81) ** Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a, ''Kolb'' (Doubtful, 1777) ** Adélaïde Concerto (Forgery by

Marius Casadesus Marius Casadesus (24 October 1892 – 13 October 1981) was a French violinist and composer. He was the brother of Henri Casadesus, uncle of the famed pianist Robert Casadesus, and grand-uncle to Jean Casadesus. Marius Casadesus achieved perhaps h ...

, 1933) * Marjan Mozetich ** Affairs of the Heart: Violin Concerto (1998) *

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he d ...

** Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (1911) *

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

**Violin Concerto (2003) *

Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; ; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, MS 21 (ca. 1811–17) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, MS 48, ''La Campanella'' (1826) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (ca. 1826–30) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (ca. 1829–30) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830) ** 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 Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the g ...

**Violin Concerto in B flat major * Manuel M. Ponce **

(1943) * Gerhard Präsent **Violin Concerto Op. 73 (2015) *

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...

** 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 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 (1917) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (1935) *

Behzad Ranjbaran Behzad Ranjbaran (; born 1955, in Tehran, Iran) is a Persian composer, known for his virtuosic concertos and colorful orchestral music. Ranjbaran's music draws from his cultural roots, incorporating Persian musical modes and rhythms. Life and car ...

(2002) *

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

in A major Op. 101 (1907–1908) *

Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensi ...

, Op. 24 (1953) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 (1859) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 58 (1858) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 (1880) *

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conducting, conductor and composer. He is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Sw ...

(2009) *

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...

**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) ** Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1984) *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

(1936) *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

** 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 *

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (1948, rev. 1955 as Op. 99) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 129 (1967) * Aleksandr Shymko **Violin Concerto (2012) * Peter Seabourne **Violin Concerto (with string orchestra) (2018) *

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his countr ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (1904) * Maddalena Laura Sirmen ** Six Violin Concerti *

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

(1881–82) *

(1931) *

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1916) ** Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1932–1933) *

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**Far calls. Coming, far! for Violin and Orchestra (1980) * Boris Tchaikovsky **Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1969) *

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popula ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878) * Daniel Theaker **Violin Concerto *

Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (; 17 February 18206 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th c ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 10 (1840) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 19 (ca. 1835–36) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Op. 25 (1844) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 (ca. 1850) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37, ''Grétry'' (1861) ** Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, Op. 47/Op. posth. 1 (1865–1870) ** Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, Op. 49/Op. posth. 3 *

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

— many, particularly: **''

L'estro Armonico ''L'estro armonico'' (''The Harmonic Inspiration''), opus number, Op. 3, is a set of 12 concertos for string instruments by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, first published in Amsterdam in 1711. Vivaldi's Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (Vivaldi), T ...

'', Op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos **'' La stravaganza'', Op. 4 (ca. 1714) ** ''The Four Seasons'' (ca. 1725)—four concertos, the first four numbers of ''Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'', Op. 8 *

Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Battista Viotti (12 May 1755 – 3 March 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italia ...

** Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor *

William Walton Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...

(1939) *

Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew :pl:Adam Tadeusz Wien ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 14 (1853) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (1862) *

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**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 ** Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (1959)

List of other works for violin and orchestra

** Violin Rhapsody No. 1 (1929) ** Violin Rhapsody No. 2 (1928) *

** Romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40 (1798–1802) ** Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50 (1798–1802) *

Hector Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

**''Rêverie et Caprice'', Op. 8 (1841; 1842) *

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**'' Serenade, after Plato: Symposium'' (1954) *

**''Baal Shem'' (1939) *

** Romance in A minor, op. 42 (1874) **'' Scottish Fantasy'', op. 46 (1880) **Adagio Appassionato in C minor, op. 57 (1890) **''In memoriam'', op. 65 (1893) ** Serenade in A minor, op. 75 (1899–1900) **Konzertstück in F minor, op. 84 (ca. 1911) *

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** ''Poème'', op. 25 (1896) * John Corigliano **

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** Romance in F minor, op. 11 (1877) * Richard Franck ** Serenade in A major, op. 25 (1896) * Takekuni Hirayoshi **Requiem for violin and orchestra *

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**Interior Symphony for Electric Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2015) *

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**" Méditation" from '' Thaïs'' (1894) *

** Concertone in C major, for two violins and orchestra, K. 190 (1774) ** Rondo in B major, K. 269/261a (1775-1777) ** Adagio in E major, K. 261 (1776) ** Rondo in C major, K. 373 (1781) *

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**'' Fratres'' for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992) **''Darf ich...'' for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999) *

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**'' Tzigane'' (1924) * Laurence Rosenthal **''Prophetic Voices'' for violin, percussion and orchestra *

** 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'' in E major, op. 83 (1887) **''Caprice andalous'' in G major, op. 122 (1904) *

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**'' Zigeunerweisen'', op. 20 (1878) ** ''Carmen Fantasy'', op. 25 (1883) **''Miramar-Zortzico'', op. 42 (1899) **Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899) *

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**''Sai Fog'' for violin and string orchestra (1994) **''Four Seasons'' for violin and string orchestra (2004) *

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**Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816) ** Rondo in A major, D. 438 (1816) **Polonaise in B major, D. 580 (1817) *

**Fantasy in C major, Op. 131 (1853) * Josef Suk ** Fantasy in G minor, Op. 24 *

**Nostalghia—In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky for violin and string orchestra (1987) *

**'' 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

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'' (2017, written for violinist Claudia Schaer and North/South Ensemble) *

**Markings for solo violin, strings and harp (2017) *

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**'' The Lark Ascending'' (1914) *

** Polonaise de Concert No. 1, Op. 4 (sometimes known as Polonaise Brillante; 1853) ** Légende in G minor, op. 17 (1859) ** Fantasy brillante on Gounod's "Faust", op.20

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