Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 129

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:characteristics lyrical melodies
virtuosic passages
orchestral color
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:cultural_significance important work in violin repertoire
gptkbp:dedication to the violinist Ferdinand David
gptkbp:duration approximately 20 minutes
gptkbp:filming_location gptkb:Leipzig
gptkbp:first_performance 1844
gptkbp:form three movements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 129
gptkbp:influenced later composers
gptkbp:influences classical music
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:orchestra
gptkb:musician
gptkbp:key C major
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Allegro_moderato
gptkb:Andante
Allegro molto appassionato
gptkbp:notable_conductors gptkb:Otto_Klemperer
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkb:David_Zinman
gptkb:André_Previn
gptkb:Charles_Dutoit
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
gptkb:Mariss_Jansons
gptkb:Gustavo_Dudamel
gptkb:Michael_Tilson_Thomas
gptkb:Eugene_Ormandy
gptkb:Mstislav_Rostropovich
gptkb:Claudio_Abbado
gptkb:Daniel_Barenboim
gptkb:Gustav_Mahler
gptkb:Simon_Rattle
gptkb:Zubin_Mehta
gptkb:Jaap_van_Zweden
gptkb:Leopold_Stokowski
gptkb:William_Steinberg
gptkb:Bernstein
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Itzhak_Perlman
gptkb:Joshua_Bell
gptkb:Anne-Sophie_Mutter
gptkbp:opus_number Op. 129
gptkbp:performance frequent in competitions
gptkbp:published_by 1845
gptkbp:recorded_by gptkb:Royal_Concertgebouw_Orchestra
gptkb:Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:London_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Violin_Concerto_No._1_in_E_minor,_Op._64
gptkbp:style Romantic
gptkbp:year_composed 1844
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Shostakovich
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