Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
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The Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, is one of Camille Saint-Saëns' finest contributions to the Romantic repertoire for violin and orchestra. Saint-Saëns finished and dedicated the concerto in 1880 to fellow composer-virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who played the solo part in the premiere performance. The work is in three movements which are:
The Third (and last) of Saint-Saëns' violin concertos imposes fewer technical demands on the soloist than its predecessors. However, the Third Concerto clearly excels in melodic invention and expressive subtlety, without garishly parading the skills of the violinist. These musical qualities are exemplified most notably in the tranquil slow movement and the confident and affirmative (but not bombastic) chorale of the finale, which is reminiscent of the conclusion of the Fourth Piano Concerto. As a result, the Third Concerto has endured, along with the Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28, and the Havanaise, Op. 83, to be the major concertante works for violin by Saint-Saëns which are still heard regularly today.
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- Daniel M. Fallon and Sabina Teller Ratner. "Camille Saint-Saëns", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), xxii, 124-135.
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