Violin Concerto | |
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by Jean Sibelius | |
Key | D minor |
Opus | 47 |
Composed | 1903 | –1904, rev. 1905
Publisher | Lienau (1906)[1] |
Duration | 38 mins. (orig. 40 mins.)[2] |
Movements | 3 |
Premiere | |
Date | 8 February 1904[3] |
Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
Performers | Helsinki Philharmonic Society Victor Nováček (violin) |
The Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 of Jean Sibelius, originally composed in 1904 and revised in 1905, is the only concerto by Sibelius. It is symphonic in scope and included an extended cadenza for the soloist that takes on the role of the development section in the first movement.