Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 first movement in a movie. For 83 of his 87 years Jascha Heifetz (1901-87) played the violin, and for over 60 of them in front of audiences the length and breadth of the world. The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It is also considered to be among the most technically difficult works for violin. As with most concerti, the piece is in three movements, the first and last quick, the second slow: 1. Allegro moderato (D major) 2. Canzonetta: Andante (G minor) 3. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo (D major) The piece was written in 1878 in Clarens, a Swiss resort on the shores of Lake Geneva. Tchaikovsky was accompanied there by his composition pupil, the violinist Yosif Kotek, and the two played works for violin and piano together, which may have been the catalyst for the composition of the concerto. Tchaikovsky was not a violinist, and he sought the advice of Kotek on the completion of the solo part. |
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