Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G-Major op. 40 (+DVD)

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.

The two romances for violin and orchestra date from the end of Beethoven’s first creative period, around 1802. In this first period, he closely followed the example of his role models, Haydn and Mozart, who had both already greatly individualised instrumental parts. Beethoven went on to expand this concept to greater dimensions based on his own ideas. He composed his romances based on French violin playing and the newly developed concept of contrasting episodes, which he used to compose his musical themes.