Violin Concerto No. 3 (Bruch)

In 1891 Bruch composed his Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58, which was dedicated to his friend (and superior at the Berlin Academy of Music) the violinist/composer Joseph Joachim, who had persuaded him to expand what had started out as a single movement concert piece into a full violin concerto.[1] Joachim was the soloist at the work's premiere, in Dusseldorf in 31 May 1891.[1]

Despite being advocated by Joachim and Pablo de Sarasate, the concerto, which differed from its predecessors in its adherence to traditional classical structures, never attained the same prominence as the G minor concerto.

In recent years the concerto has been described as "...a musical unicorn: since it has almost never been played, its existence is for many the stuff only of musicological folklore."[2] Program notes for a 2013 performance of the G minor concerto by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra even denied the existence of the concerto, stating that Bruch had composed only two violin concertos, the G minor concerto and the D minor concerto composed for Sarasate.[3]

External audio
Performed by Salvatore Accardo with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur
I. Allegro energico
II. Adagio
III. Finale (Allegro molto)

The concerto has three movements:

A typical performance lasts around 38 minutes.

Notes

Sources

• Anderson, Keith (2009). Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 (CD). Naxos Records. No: 8.557793.
• Johnston, Blair (n.d.). "Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 58". Retrieved 2021-05-09 – via AllMusic.
• Meltzer, Ken (2013). "Program notes to Concerts of January 24 & 25 2013". Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2016-09-05.

• Violin Concerto No.3, Op.58 (Bruch, Max): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 3 in D minor". TheTutorPages.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
• Fitfield, Christopher (2005). Max Bruch: His Life and Works. Boydell Press. ISBN 1-84383-136-8.
• Maynard, Rob (October 2009). "Classical Music Reviews: Bruch Violin Concertos 2 & 3, Naxos 8.557793". Musicweb.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
• Potter, Tully (2014). "Liner Notes to The Romantic Violin Concerto 17: Max Bruch - Violin Concerto Nº.3 in D-minor, Op. 58, CDA68050" (PDF). Hyperion Records.
• Wood, Thomas. "Max Bruch Home Page, Catalog of Works". Wooster College. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-09-05.