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The Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, is a three-movement concertante composition for violin and orchestra written from 1903 to 1904 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius; in 1905 he substantially revised the piece.
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Violin Concerto | |
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by Jean Sibelius | |
Key | D minor |
Catalogue | Op. 47 |
Composed | 1903 (1903)–1904, rev. 1905 |
Dedication | Franz von Vecsey |
Publisher | Robert Lienau (1905) |
Duration | Approx. 35 mins. |
Movements | 3 |
Premiere | |
Date | 8 February 1904 (1904-02-08) |
Location | Helsinki, Finland |
Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
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The Violin Concerto premiered on 8 February 1904 in Helsinki, with Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Society; the soloist was the Hungarian-Czech violinist Victor Nováček [de].
The Czech violinist Karel Halíř premiered the revised version on 19 October 1905 in Berlin, with Richard Strauss conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.