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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 / MS 21

181537 min

This guide follows Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 / MS 21 (1815) in three parts: Allegro maestoso (sonata form), Adagio espressivo and Rondo. Allegro spiritoso (rondo).

Recording: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jader Bignamini (2020)

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Follow all 28 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III. · Rondo
I Sonata form0:41–21:22

A long , like an opera , sets out a -like , a Counter- and a gentler in the woodwinds before returning to first- material. The then takes the in a much more elaborate form, turns the into a vocal-style melody, and piles on runs, leaps, double stops in thirds and passages high on the E string. In the four sections and orchestra trade material. The skips the and starts with the , and a virtuoso elaboration, with room for a , leads to the .

  1. Orchestral (shortened)
  2. :
II 21:52–27:31
III. Rondo27:52–37:23

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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