Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3, Op.61

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro non troppo

1. Allegro non troppo (practice)

2. Andantino quasi Allegretto

3. Molto moderato e maestoso

3. Molto moderato e maestoso (practice)

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These high-quality piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you play along to the piano part for this work.

Saint-Saëns wrote his third violin concerto in 1880, dedicating it to Pablo de Sarasate who performed the premiere. It is one of his most admired and frequently-played concertante works, and is here arranged for violin and piano.

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Bars 132 (cadenza): 7 seconds of silence in piano, before 6 click-beats signal re-entry of piano part

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4 crotchet click-beats at beginning set pulse before violin enters

Bars 239-246 (rehearsal mark E): click-beats used to indicate pulse

Bars 255-262: click-beats used to indicate pulse

Bars 416-419: click-beats used to indicate pulse through these bars where piano has held note

This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.