Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Tchaikovsky's Sonata for the Violin
This is a sonata form movement, meaning an exposition with two contrasting themes. Tchaikovsky takes a small motif, and spins it out into a rollicking series of virtuoso pyrotechnics. There are very few passages more satisfying to play in the entire violin repertoire than this one.
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