Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, III. Presto in moto

Week 114 Tournament Chart

Directions: In moto perpetuo (In constant/perpetual motion)

*** "likely the absolute hardest chart that will be on my profile for some time" ***

Analysis:

This violin concerto is, in a sense, a bunch of misfits. for itself as a work and in the ears of beholders. Where the first two movements, a deceptively slow Allegro in sonata form and an achingly beautiful Andante opened by an extended oboe solo, are unquestionably lyrical, the third and last - which this chart quotes - is unquestionably not such. Where the first two movements are perhaps not violinistic enough for Iso Briselli - the original dedicatee of the concerto - the last is intensely virtuosic, almost ad nauseum.

Regardless, Barber's violin concerto now stands as a mainstay of classical repertoire. The soloist of this performance is Hilary Hahn, whose tone remains stable, unfazed by the many technical difficulties of this movement, and whose sheer speed is unmatched by her contemporaries.

As a level, prepare to witness what is likely the absolute hardest chart that will be on my profile for some time, with breaks few and far in between as befits this movement - mobile perpetuum.