Schumann Violin Concerto in D Minor Premiered On This Day in 1937 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D Minor premiered on this day in 1937 – 80 years after the composer's death

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D Minor premiered on this day in 1937 – 80 years after the composer's death.

The first performance was given by German virtuoso Georg Kulenkampff with the Berlin Philharmonic.

The work was written in 1853 for Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim - yet laid dormant in the Prussian State Library archives.

https://youtu.be/YLod6Ra6f08?t=5

FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN | SCHUMANN VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR  | JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE & WDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Brahms / Schumann: Violin Concertos |CD|

Joshua Bell, Violin

Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor

The Cleveland Orchestra

Release Date: August 13, 1996

Decca