Concerto in D minor for violin and piano by Felix Mendelssohn
Edited by Yehudi Menuhin. Piano reduction by Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Published by C.F. Peters
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) is one of the most important German composers of the Romantic era. He was most comfortable composing in a charming, relatively conservative style influenced by the Classical period and free from many of the developing trends of the Romantic Era, while incorporating important innovations in many works. He also held a singular position in German musical life as the founder of the Leipzig Conservatory, a prominent conductor of the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and a seminal figure in the revival of the music and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Mendelssohn was a prodigious talent, as evidenced by his Violin Concerto in D minor, written in 1822 at the age of 13. Though a minor work, it nevertheless displays his seemingly endless capacity for invention, showing a freedom of expression and solid knowledge of his classical heritage. This work was championed by the great Yehudi Menuhin, who edited this present publication. Intermediate-advanced level, Grade 4.
