Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro ma non tanto

2. Larghetto

3. Rondo

Beethoven wrote his violin concerto in 1806, and while it was initially disregarded it has since become one of the most celebrated in the repertoire. The first movement is generally relaxed although the middle section takes a darker tone. The second movement provides some moments of exquisite violin writing, while the finale is one of the most recognisable of all Beethoven's works, with a lovely arpeggiated theme providing momentum towards an exciting coda.

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Piano part starts at bar 77 (figure B), so there are 12 bars of piano at the beginning instead of 88.

Bars 94-99: click-beats help to keep pulse through these bars.

Bars 289-298: click-beats indicate pulse through these bars where piano is mostly silent

Bars 358-361: click-beats indicate pulse

Cadenza: 6 seconds of silence in piano part, followed by 4 crotchet click-beats to signal re-entry of violin in bar 511.

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Bars 53-55: click-beats indicate start of these bars

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2 dotted-crotchet click-beats at beginning to set pulse, violin enters just after 2nd click-beat.

Bar 91 (after pause in tutti) - 2 click-beats used for re-entry of violin after pause, violin enters just after second click.