Violin Concerto No. 2 (Piston)
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Walter Piston
's Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra was written between 1959 and 1960 on commission from the Ford Foundation
and violinist Joseph Fuchs
and dedicated to him. Fuchs gave the first performance on the October 28, 1960, with by the Boston Philharmonic under William Steinberg
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The work is in three movements
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A typical performance will last around 25 minutes.
Walter Piston
Walter Hamor Piston Jr., , was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter....
's Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra was written between 1959 and 1960 on commission from the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
and violinist Joseph Fuchs
Joseph Fuchs
Joseph Fuchs was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs....
and dedicated to him. Fuchs gave the first performance on the October 28, 1960, with by the Boston Philharmonic under William Steinberg
William Steinberg
William Steinberg was a German-American conductor.- Biography :Steinberg was born Hans Wilhelm Steinberg in Cologne, Germany. He displayed early talent as a violinist, pianist, and composer, conducting his own choral/ orchestral composition at age 13...
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The work is in three movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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- Moderato
- Adagio
- Allegro
A typical performance will last around 25 minutes.