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Miklós Rózsa composed his Violin Concerto, Op. 24, in 1953, following a request from the renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz. It premiered on January 15, 1956, in Dallas , Texas , with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Hendl , with Heifetz as soloist.
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Jul 20, 2020 · As with Rózsa’s 1963 Sinfonia concertante, written for Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, the Violin Concerto is filled with the distinct inflections of Hungarian folk music. Yet, there is also all of the shimmering color and soaring expansiveness of a larger-than-life film score such as Ben-Hur.
Rózsa's Violin Concerto, Op. 24, was composed in 1953–54 for the violinist Jascha Heifetz, who collaborated with the composer in fine-tuning it. Rózsa later adapted portions of this work for the score of Billy Wilder 's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
Like many others, I first made the acquaintance of Miklós Rózsa's violin concerto through the Heifetz LP on RCA. Tailored for Heifetz's playing, the concerto both brooded and threw off virtuoso sparks. For many years, you could get only that recording, even into the CD era.
