Violin Concerto in A Minor op. 3/6

Violin Part annotated by Zakhar Bron

The renowned violin virtuoso Zakhar Bron, who has been honoured with numerous awards and whose pupils (including Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Erik Schumann, and Mayuko Kamino) are also frequent winners of famous competitions, shows his exceptional talent as a violin teacher in the “Student Concert, taught by Zakhar Bron” series.

Each instalment comprises a DVD with a recording of a lesson in the White Hall in the Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg, and a piano and violin arrangement prepared by Zakhar Bron based on the appropriate technical level for the violin.

Violin Concerto Op. 3, No. 6 was published in 1711 in “L’estro armonico”, a set of 12 concertos for 1 to 4 solo violinists and the orchestra. Most of these compositions took the form of a new three-movement solo concerto, in which the styles of the opera and the concert were apparent. In the fast outer movements of his compositions he used the ritornello form for the first time, in which the orchestra repeats a musical passage several times. This alternates with solo episodes which have a freer, more intermittent character and which contain modulating passages. His slow middle movements are characterised by the solo instrument playing a cantilena.