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Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)

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Rifkin, Deborah (September 2009). "The Quiet Revolution of a B Natural: Prokofiev's 'New Simplicity' in the Second Violin Concerto".
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The concerto is more conventional than the composer's early bold compositions. It starts off with a simple violin melody related to
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The Spanish liked the premiere so much that they sent a delegation of musicians to thank Prokofiev afterwards.
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in 1972, when he was aged 75 (he continued appearing in public until age 95, and died in 1997, aged 100).
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The first two British performances of the concerto were again with Soetens: in 1936 under
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Janine Jansen - Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 (30:26)
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Rochester Philharmonic Concert Notes on the Concerto
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Index


Teatro Monumental
Madrid
Op.
Sergei Prokofiev
movements
Teatro Monumental
Madrid
Robert Soetens
Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Fernández Arbós
Samuel Dushkin
Sonata for Two Violins
Igor Stravinsky
Paris
Voronezh
Baku
Sir Henry J. Wood
South Africa
traditional Russian folk music
rondo
violin
flutes
oboes
clarinets
bassoons
horns
trumpets
snare drum
bass drum

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