Category Archives: violin + orchestra

The elders’ errors tenaciously persist. On the violin solo entry in Mozart’s D-major Violin Concerto, K. 218

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An annoying mini-error in Mozart’s Violin Concerto K. 219

Recently, David Perry, a Canadian violinist, criticised what he considered … Continue reading

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Is that still Urtext? On an often played variant in Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy”

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‘But it says in the autograph…’ – on a frequently posed question about our Urtext editions

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Henry Vieuxtemps’s 5th Violin Concerto newly outfitted – Interview with Marie Cornaz and Ray Iwazumi

Among the just about one hundred compositions that the violin … Continue reading

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