Violin Concertos: Overlooked Repertoire
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint Georges)
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op.5 No.2 (1775) 24 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnhSJFyi9E
https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Violin_Concertos,_Op.5_(Saint-Georges,_Joseph_Bologne)
2023, Chicago Symphony Sophie V. Mutter
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op.7 No.1 (1777) 16 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgWvcQOrm0
https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Violin_Concertos,_Op.7_(Saint-Georges,_Joseph_Bologne)
Henriette Bosmans:
Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor (1934) 20:07 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZZ6q_nCKyw
Score contained within this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95PAkjndHMw 14 min
Bellingham WA Symphony, April 2025
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80 (1912) 32:44 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPILv1OCpzs
https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto,_Op.80_(Coleridge-Taylor,_Samuel)
Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen:
(and 3 addt’l violin concertos)
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 3 No.3 (c1772) 16 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAVv6Pog0M
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Violin_Concertos%2C_Op.3_(Sirmen%2C_Maddalena_Laura)
Bell Symph: Baroque Women, 2024
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 3. No 6 (c1772) 14:36 min
https://www.youtube.ccom/watch?v=gYVMFiImETE
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Violin_Concertos,_Op.3_(Sirmen,_Maddalena_Laura):
contains both pieces above
Amanda Maier:
https://www.konserthuset.se/en/play/maier-rontgen-violin-concerto/ 20:30min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_D_minor_(Maier%2C_Amanda)
Arturo Marquez:
Fandango, Violin Concerto (2020) 8:54 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvuCbiVN4Y
Bellingham WA. Symph , 2023-24
https://www.theviolinchannel.com/new-music-tuesday-composer-arturo-marquezs-new-violin-concerto-fandango/ score not yet found -premiered in 2017 ?
Florence Price:
Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major (1939) 30 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka3--GPvoLE
https://www.swstrings.com/product/music/violin/SH-58910: Paper copy of Schirmer Co. pub. to purchase
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor (1952; discovered 2009 in attic) 15:57 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg8tMk3S7j0
https://www.johnsonstring.com/cgi-bin/music/scripts/violin-viola-cello-music.cgi?itemno=VNPRICCONCE2SCH&srsltid=AfmBOop4hlPnRDyNJLnPYmZU7WbmPrlg34Y2fkgmhHQjRgqPxlJn8XH: Print on Demand after receipt of payment
Ethel Smyth:
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927) 26:55 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVNlKqLrIo&t=5s
https://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Violin%2C_Horn_and_Orchestra_(Smyth%2C_Ethel)
Jose LaFitte White:
Violin Concerto in F Sharp Minor (1864) 21:33 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1u256mU4I
Walla Walla, 20023-24 w/Barton-Pine
Link above is “score-video”. Contact Rachel Barton-Pine for further info.
Links checked: Jan. 18, 2025
Catherine Rae Sheldon M.Ed M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com