Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor; Violin Concerto in D Minor

Featuring

Vladimir Jurowski
Alina Ibragimova
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Compositional Technique

The opening of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64, inverts the traditional tutti-solo arrangement, with the soloist introducing the theme before the orchestral tutti.

Compositional Technique

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64, features a cadenza in the first movement that, unusually, appears at the end of the development rather than its traditional position near the end of the recapitulation.

Composition History

Mendelssohn's overture The Hebrides, also known as the Fingal's Cave overture, was inspired by his visual impressions from Oban, Scotland, and a musical sketch was made on August 7, 1829.

Performer Biography

Alina Ibragimova, the violinist on this recording, performed the D minor concerto at Yehudi Menuhin's memorial concert in November 2000 while still a student at the Yehudi Menuhin School.

Performer Biography

Vladimir Jurowski, the conductor, is the son of conductor Mikhail Jurowski and made his international debut at the Wexford Festival in 1995.

Composer Biography

In 1829, a 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the composer, embarked on a walking tour of Scotland, planning to collect folksongs.

Composition History

The Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64, took seven years to compose, from 1838 to 1845, and was dedicated to Mendelssohn's friend Ferdinand David, concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.