List of compositions for violin and orchestra
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This is a list of musical compositions for violin and orchestra. See entries for concerto and violin concerto for a description of related musical forms.
Concertos
A
- Jean-Baptiste Accolay
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1868)
- John Adams
- Violin Concerto (1993)
- Thomas Adès
- Concentric Paths, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2005)
- Mark Alburger
- Violin Concerto ("Ticklish"), op. 87 (2000)
- William Alwyn
- Violin Concerto (1939)
- George Antheil
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1946)
- Lera Auerbach
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (2003)
- Violin Concerto No. 2, September 11 (2004)
- Tor Aulin
- Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor (1891)
- Violin Concerto No.2 (1893)
- Violin Concerto No.3 in C Minor (1906)
B
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1717–1723)
- Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1717–1723)
- Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (1723)
- Leonardo Balada
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1982)
- Samuel Barber
- Violin Concerto, op. 14 (1939)
- Béla Bartók
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Paul Ben-Haim
- Violin Concerto (1960)
- Alban Berg
- Violin Concerto (1935)
- Erik Bergman
- Violin Concerto, op. 99 (1984)
- Luciano Berio
- Violin Concerto
- Franz Berwald
- Violin Concerto in C-sharp minor (1820)
- Boris Blacher
- Violin Concerto (1948)
- Ernest Bloch
- Violin Concerto in A minor (1938)
- Karl Boelter
- Violin Concerto (1999)
- Hakon Borresen
- Brian Boydell
- Violin Concerto, op. 36 (1953-54)
- Johannes Brahms
- Johannes Bernardus van Bree
- Havergal Brian
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major (no. 1 lost) (1934–5)
- Benjamin Britten
- Violin Concerto, op. 15 (1939, rev. 1954, 1965)
- Mikhail Bronner
- Max Bruch
C
- Elliott Carter Violin Concerto (1990)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Violin Concerto Op.80 (1912)
- Chen Gang and He Zhanhao
- Unsuk Chin
- Violin Concerto(2002)
- Julius Conus
- Violin Concerto in E minor (1898)
- Paul Creston
- Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 65 (1956) [1]
- Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 78 (1960)
D
- Frederick Delius
- Violin Concerto (1916)
- David Diamond
- Violin Concertos 1-3 (1937, 1947, 1976)
- Zsolt Durkó
- Henri Dutilleux
- L'Arbre des Songes - Violin Concerto (1985)
- Sur un Même Accord - Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra (2002)
- Antonín Dvořák
- Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53 (1879-80)
E
F
- Gabriel Fauré
- Violin Concerto [unfinished] (1878–80); two of three movements were completed, the first survives
- Morton Feldman
- Violin and Orchestra (1979)
G
- Niels Wilhelm Gade
- Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 56 (1880)
- Friedrich Gernsheim
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 42
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in F major, op. 86
- Philip Glass
- Violin Concerto (1987)
- Alexander Glazunov
- Karl Goldmark
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 28 (1877)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 ?
- Berthold Goldschmidt
- Violin Concerto (1952/55)
- Evgeny Golubev
- Violin Concerto, op. 47 (1962)
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Offertorium—Concerto for violin and orchestra (1980–86)
H
- John Harbison
- Concerto for Violin (1980/87)
- Roy Harris
- Concerto for Violin (1950)
- Lou Harrison
- Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1940–74)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Concerto funèbre for violin and string orchestra (1939)
- Hamilton Harty
- Violin Concerto (1908)
- Joseph Haydn
- Violin concerto in C major No. 1
- Violin Concerto No. 2 - lost
- Violin concerto in A major No. 3
- Violin concerto in G major No. 4
- Paul Hindemith
- Violin Concerto (1939)
- Jenö Hubay
J
- Joseph Joachim
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 3 (1851), in one movement, dedicated to Franz Liszt
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor "in the Hungarian manner", op. 11 (1861)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, WoO (1875)
- André Jolivet
- Violin Concerto (1972)
K
- Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky
- Violin Concerto in C major, op. 48 (1948)
- Mieczysław Karłowicz
- Aram Khachaturian
- Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 46 (1940)
- Concerto-Rhapsody in B flat minor, op. 96 (1961)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Fritz Kreisler
- Violin Concerto in C major "in the style of Vivaldi"
L
- Édouard Lalo
- Violin Concerto in F major, op. 20 (1874)
- Henri Lazarof
- Concerto for Violin (1986)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 'Edinger', (2003)
- Ulrich Leyendecker
- Violin Concerto (1995)
- György Ligeti
- Violin Concerto (1989–92)
- Bo Linde
- Concerto for Violin, Op. 18 (1957)
- Andrew List
- Violin Concerto (2004)
- George Lloyd
- Concerto for violin and winds (1970)
- Concerto for violin and strings (1977)
- Thomas Ludwig
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1989)
M
- Bruno Maderna
- Violin Concerto (1969)
- Stuart MacRae
- Violin Concerto (2001)
- Gian Francesco Malipiero
- Violin Concerto No.1 (1932)
- Violin Concerto No.2 (1963)
- Frank Martin
- Violin Concerto (1950-51)
- Bohuslav Martinu
- Violin Concerto no.1 (1943)
- Violin Concerto no. 2 (1944-45)
- Tauno Marttinen
- Violin Concerto, Op. 13 (1962)
- Nicholas Maw
- Violin Concerto (1993)
- George McKay
- Concerto for Violin (1942)
- Erkki Melartin
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1913)
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Violin Concerto in D minor (1822)
- Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64 (1844)
- Edgar Meyer
- Violin Concerto (1999)
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Concerto for Violin (1952)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, K. 207 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, Strassburg (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, Turkish (1775)
- Violin Concerto No. 6 in E flat major, K. 268 (Spurious, 1780-1)
- Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a, Kolb (Spurious, 1777)
- Adelaide Concerto (Forgery by Marius Casadesus)
- Concertone in C major, for two violins and orchestra, K. 190 (1774)
- Adagio in E major, K. 261 (1776)
- Rondo in B flat major, K. 261a (1776)
- Rondo in C major, K. 373 (1781)
- Nikolai Myaskovsky
- Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 44 (1938)
N
- Carl Nielsen
- Violin Concerto, op. 33 (1911)
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren
- Concerto for Violin No. 1, (1969)
- Concerto for Violin No. 2, Op. 33 (1977)
- Concerto for Violin No. 3, Op. 53 (1981)
- Concerto for Violin No. 4, Op. 90, (1994)
- Per Nørgård
- Violin Concerto No. 1 'Helle Nacht' (1987)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 'Borderlines' (2002)
O
- Mark O'Connor
- Fiddle Concerto (1993)
- Double Violin Concerto (1997)
- Hiroshi Ohguri
- Violin Concerto (1963)
P
- Niccolò Paganini
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 6, MS 21 (ca. 1811–17)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, op. 7, MS 48, La Campanella (1826)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (ca. 1826–30)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (ca. 1829–30)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830)
- Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor, op. posth., MS 75—probably the first to be written; only the solo part survives
- Arvo Pärt
- Tabula Rasa—Double Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1977)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 'Metamorphosen' (1992-93)
- Allan Pettersson
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1949)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1977–78, rev. 1980)
- Hans Pfitzner
- Violin Concerto in b minor op. 34 (1923)
- Walter Piston
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1939)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1960)
- Manuel Maria Ponce
- Violin Concerto (1943)
- André Previn
- Violin Concerto (2001)
- Sergei Prokofiev
R
- Nikolai Rakov
- Violin Concerto No.1 E minor (1944)
- Violin Concerto No.2 A minor (1963)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Violin Concerto (1976-77)
- Alan Rawsthorne
- Concerto for Violin No. 1 (1948)
- Concerto for Violin No. 2 (1956)
- Max Reger
- Violin Concerto in A major, op. 101 (1907-8)
- George Rochberg
- Violin Concerto (1974, rev. 2001)
- Pierre Rode
- Thirteen violin concertos
- Julius Röntgen
- Violin Concerto in A-minor (1902)
- Violin Concerto in D major (1925/26)
- Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor (1925/26)
- Ned Rorem
- Violin Concerto (1985)
- Christopher Rouse
- Violin Concerto (1991)
- Miklós Rózsa
- Violin Concerto, op. 24 (1956)
- Edmond Rubbra
- Violin Concerto
- Poul Ruders
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1981)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1991-92)
S
- P. Peter Sacco
- Concerto for Violin No. 1 (1969)
- Harald Saeverud
- Violin Concerto Op.37 (1957)
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- About twenty-five violin concertos
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Aulis Sallinen
- Violin Concerto, Op. 18 (1968)
- Alfred Schnittke
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (1957, rev. 1966)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 (1966)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 (1978)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 (1984)
- Othmar Schoeck
- Violin Concerto in B-flat major, Opus 21 (1912) ([2])
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Violin Concerto (1936)
- Gunther Schuller
- Concerto for Violin No. 1 (1976)
- Concerto for Violin No. 2 (1991)
- William Schuman
- Violin Concerto (1947, rev. 1956 & 1959)
- Robert Schumann
- Violin Concerto in D minor (1853)
- Cyril Scott
- Violin Concerto
- Tibor Serly
- Concerto for Violin and Wind Symphony (1958-59)
- Roger Sessions
- Violin Concerto in B minor (1935)
- Zdeněk Šesták
- Violin concerto Sursum corda (1981) (wind , harp, celesta, gong and kettledrums accompaniment) ([3])
- Rodion Shchedrin
- Concerto Cantabile (1998)
- Vissorion Shebalin
- Violin Concerto, op. 21 (1936-1940,1959)
- Noam Sheriff
- Violin Concerto (1986)
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 77 (1948, rev. 1955 as op. 99)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, op. 129 (1967)
- Jean Sibelius
- Christian Sinding
- David Stanley Smith
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in F major, opus 69 (before 1934)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G major, opus 86 (before 1943)
- Arthur Somervell
- Violin Concerto in G minor (1930) ([4])
- Louis Spohr
- 15 violin concertos and other works for violin and orchestra
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 74 (1899) ([5])
- Richard Strauss
- Violin Concerto (1881-1882)
- Igor Stravinsky
- Violin Concerto (1931)
- Johann Severin Svendsen
- Violin Concerto Op.6 (1868-1870)
- Stjepan Šulek
- Violin Concerto
- Karol Szymanowski
- Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 35 (1916)
- Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 61 (1933)
T
- Bernard Tan
- Violin Concerto (2005)
- Giuseppe Tartini
- Over 130 violin concertos ([6])
- Alexander Vladimirovich Tchaikovsky
- Violin Concerto (1987)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Daniel Theaker
- Violin Concerto No.1, op. 17 (2005-06)
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Spirit Musings—Concerto for violin and orchestra (1997)
- Joan Tower
- Concerto for Violin (1992)
V
- Peteris Vasks
- Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (1996-97)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Violin Concerto in D minor, "Concerto Accademico"
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, op. 10 (1840)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in F sharp minor, op. 19 (ca. 1835–36)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, op. 25 (1844)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, op. 31 (ca. 1850)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, op. 37, Grétry (1861)
- Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, op. 47/op. posth. 1 (1865–1870)
- Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, op. 49/op. posth. 3
- Giovanni Battista Viotti—twenty-nine violin concertos, particularly:
- Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor (1792)
- Ernő Dohnányi
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 27 (1915)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 43 (1949-50)
- Antonio Vivaldi—many, particularly:
- L'estro armonico, op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos
- The Four Seasons (ca. 1725) —four concertos, the first four numbers of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, op. 8
W
- William Walton
- Violin Concerto (1939)
- Kurt Weill
- Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, op.12 (1924)
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Violin Concerto, Op. 67 (1960)
- Richard Wetz
- Violin Concerto in B minor op. 57 (1933)
- Henryk Wieniawski
- John Williams
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1974-1976, rev. 1998)
- Richard Edward Wilson
- Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1979)
Concertos for violin and other solo instrument(s)
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Triple Concerto in C major, op. 56, for piano, violin, and cello (1804–5)
- Johannes Brahms
- Double Concerto in A minor, op. 102, for violin and cello
- Frederick Delius
- Double Concerto for violin and cello (1916)
- Joseph Haydn
- Concerto in F major, Hob. XVIII/6, for piano, violin, and strings (before 1766)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Double Concerto in G major, op. 17, for piano and violin
- Ernst Krenek
- Concerto for Violin and Piano, op. 124
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Concerto for Violin and Piano (1953)
- Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra (1950)
- Duo Concertant for Two Violins and Orchestra (1937)
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Concerto in D minor, for violin and piano
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Julius Röntgen
- Triple concerto in B-flat major, for violin, viola, cello and strings (1922)
- Double Concerto for violin and cello (1927)
- Triple concerto for violin, viola and cello (1930)
- Introduktion, Fuge, Intermezzo und Finale for violin, viola, cello
- Alexander Tchaikovsky
- Concerto for Violin, Viola and orchestra (1988)
Other concertante works for violin and orchestra
- Béla Bartók
- One Ideal, op. 5/1 (1907–10)
- One Grotesque, op. 5/2 (1907–10)
- Rhapsody No. 1 (1928)
- Rhapsody No. 2 (1928)
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40 (1798–1802)
- Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50 (1798–1802)
- Hector Berlioz
- Reverie et Caprice, op.8 (1841)
- Leonard Bernstein
- Max Bruch
- Romance in A minor, op. 42 (1874)
- Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46 (1880)
- Adagio Appassionato in C sharp minor, op. 57 (1890)
- Schwedische Tanze, op. 63/2 (1892)
- In memoriam, op. 65 (1893)
- Serenade in A minor, op. 75 (1899–1900)
- Konzertstück in F sharp minor, op. 84 (ca. 1911)
- Ernest Chausson
- Poème, op. 25 (1896)
- Chen Yi
- Chinese Folk Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra (2000)
- Romance and Dance for 2 Violins and String Orchestra (1995/1998)
- Henry Cowell
- Air, HC 767/1a (1952)
- Fiddler's Jig, HC 771, Flirtatious Jig (1952)
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Tartiniana (1951)
- Tartiniana seconda (1955–56)
- Frederick Delius
- Suite violin and orchestra (1888)
- Légende (1895)
- Antonín Dvořák
- Romance in F minor, op. 11 (1877)
- Philip Glass
- Echorus for two violins and string orchestra (1995)
- Alexander Glazunov
- Lou Harrison
- Koncherto for violin and percussion ensemble (1959)
- Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African (1967–69)
- Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (1974; arr. for violin and string orchestra, 1993)
- Philemon and Baukis for violin and Javanese gamelan (1985–87)
- Ferdinand Hiller
- Violin Concerto/Fantasiestück Opus 152 (published by Forberg, 1870s, before 1876) (Koninklijke Bibliotheek of the Hague, University of Rochester Voyager Catalog which notes that it is dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe)
- Paul Hindemith
- Kammermusik No. 4 (1925)
- Joseph Joachim
- Notturno in A major, op. 12 (1858)
- Andantino in A minor
- Variations in E minor
- Aaron Jay Kernis
- Air (1996; orig. for violin and piano, 1995)
- Lament and Prayer (1996)
- Édouard Lalo
- Symphonie Espagnole, op. 21 (1874)
- Witold Lutosławski
- Chain II (1984–85)
- Partita for Violin and Orchestra (1988; orig. for violin and piano, 1984)
- Alexander Mackenzie
- Pibroch Suite, op. 42 (version for violin and orchestra) (premiered 1889, ded. Sarasate)
- Jules Massenet
- Meditation fromThaïs (1894)
- John Blackwood McEwen
- Scottish Fantasy "Prince Charlie" (1941 orchestration of a 1915 violin and piano work)
- Arvo Pärt
- Fratres for violin, string orchestra, and percussion (1992)
- Darf ich... for violin, bells, and string orchestra (1995/1999)
- Walter Piston
- Fantasia (1970)
- Nikolai Rakov
- Maurice Ravel
- Tzigane (1924)
- Steve Reich
- Duet for Two Violins and String Orchestra (1993)
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Violin Concerto, op. 14 (1991-2)
- Julius Röntgen
- Suite D minor for Violin and Strings (1892)
- Ballade (1918)
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, op. 28 (1863)
- Romance in C major, op. 48 (1874)
- Morceau de concert in G major, op. 62 (1880)
- Havanaise in E major, op. 83 (1887)
- Caprice andalous in G major, op. 122 (1904)
- Pablo de Sarasate
- Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 (1878)
- Carmen Fantasy, op. 25 (1883)
- Navarra for two violins and orchestra, op. 33 (1889)
- Miramar-Zortzico, op. 42 (1899)
- Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899)
- Giacinto Scelsi
- Anahit (1965)
- Alfred Schnittke
- Sonata for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1968; orig. for violin and piano, 1963)
- Quasi una sonata (1987)
- Homage to Grieg (1993)
- Franz Schubert
- Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816)
- Rondo in A major, D. 438 (1816)
- Polonaise in B flat major, D. 580 (1817)
- Robert Schumann
- Fantasy in C major, op. 131 (1853)
- John Sharpley
- Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra "Greeting Card" (1999)
- Christian Sinding
- Suite in A minor, op. 10, Suite in the Old Style (1889)
- Romance in D major, op. 100 (1910)
- Josef Suk
- Fantasy in G minor (1902)
- Johann Severin Svendsen
- Romance Op.26 (1881)
- Tan Dun
- Out of Peking Opera (1987, rev. 1994)
- Sergei Taneyev
- Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28 (1909)
- John Williams
- TreeSong (2000)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The Lark Ascending (1914)
- Henryk Wieniawski
- Légende in G minor, op. 17 (1859)
- Iannis Xenakis
- Dox-Orkh (1991)