Violin Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)

Violin Concerto
by Camille Saint-Saëns

Key	C major
Catalogue	Op. 58
Period	Romantic
Genre	Concerto
Composed	1858 (1858)
Movements	3
Scoring	Violin & Orchestra
Premiere
Date	1880 (1880)

The Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 58, by Camille Saint-Saëns, was the composer's first violin concerto, written in 1858, although it was published in 1879 and so is numbered second. It was premiered in 1880 with Pierre Marsick as soloist. The work is in three movements:

Allegro moderato e maestoso - a tempo più allegro
Andante espressivo
Allegro scherzando quasi allegretto

External links

Violin Concerto No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Camille Saint-Saëns

Operas

Le timbre d'argent (1865)
La princesse jaune (1872)
Samson and Delilah (1877)
Étienne Marcel (1879)
Henry VIII (1883)
Proserpine (1887)
Ascanio (1890)
Phryné (1893)
Frédégonde (1895)
Les barbares (1901)
Hélène (1904)
L'ancêtre (1905)
Déjanire (1911)

Opera excerpts

"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Symphonies

Symphony in A major
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major
Symphony No. 2 in A minor
Symphony in F major ("Urbs Roma")
Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ Symphony")

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major Piano concerto No. 4 in C minor Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major ("L'Egyptien")

Other	Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Cello Suite Havanaise Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Organ Concerto ("Cyprès et lauriers") Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor

Orchestra works

Chamber music

Vocal music

Film score

The Assassination of the Duke of Guise

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