Pieces Similar to Concert Fantasy on Themes from "Porgy and Bess"

Violin pieces around level 9 of 10

Contemporary

Air

Aaron Jay Kernis

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoSoft to loud

Contemporary

Violin Concerto No. 1: I.

Philip Glass

Violin 8/10

Fast tempoModerate dynamics

Contemporary

Fratres (version for violin and piano)

Arvo Pärt

Violin 9/10

Slow tempoSoft to loud

Contemporary

Tabula rasa: I. Ludus

Arvo Pärt

Violin 9/10

Con motoSoft to loud

Contemporary

Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove

John Adams

Violin 9/10

Fast tempoModerate dynamics

Contemporary

Nocturne

Kaija Saariaho

Violin 9/10

Slow tempoSoft dynamics

Contemporary

A Paganini

Alfred Schnittke

Violin 10/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Contemporary

The Red Violin: Chaconne

John Corigliano

Violin 10/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Contemporary

Distant Light (Violin Concerto)

Pēteris Vasks

Violin 10/10

Slow tempoSoft to loud

Contemporary

Subito

Witold Lutosławski

Violin 10/10

Very fast tempoSoft to loud

20th Century

Rodeo: Hoe-Down (arr. for violin)

Aaron Copland

Violin 8/10

Very fast tempoLoud dynamics

Romantic

Mazurek, Op. 49

Antonín Dvořák

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoLoud dynamics

Romantic

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Antonín Dvořák

Violin 8/10

Adagio ma non troppoSoft to loudKey of F major

Baroque

The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV 293: III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin 8/10

AllegroLoud dynamicsKey of F major

Baroque

The Four Seasons: Summer, RV 315: III. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin 8/10

PrestoLoud dynamicsKey of G minor

Baroque

The Four Seasons: Winter, RV 297: III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin 8/10

AllegroSoft to loudKey of F minor

Baroque

Violin Concerto in E-flat major "La tempesta di mare", RV 253: I. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi

Violin 8/10

PrestoLoud dynamicsKey of Eb major

20th Century

Violin Concerto in D minor: II. Andante sostenuto

Aram Khachaturian

Violin 8/10

Andante sostenutoSoft to loud

Romantic

From My Homeland: No. 2

Bedřich Smetana

Violin 8/10

Walking pace tempoSoft to loud

Romantic

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto

Camille Saint-Saëns

Violin 8/10

Andantino quasi allegrettoSoft dynamicsKey of Bb major

Romantic

Scène de ballet, Op. 100

Charles de Bériot

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Impressionist

Violin Sonata in G minor: I. Allegro vivo

Claude Debussy

Violin 8/10

Allegro vivoSoft to loudKey of G minor

Romantic

Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: IV. Andante

Édouard Lalo

Violin 8/10

AndanteSoft to loudKey of D minor

Romantic

Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13: I. Lento doloroso – Allegro vivace

Edvard Grieg

Violin 8/10

Lento doloroso – Allegro vivaceSoft to loudKey of G major

Romantic

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza

Edvard Grieg

Violin 8/10

Allegretto espressivo alla RomanzaSoft dynamicsKey of E major

Romantic

La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Edward Elgar

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft dynamics

Romantic

Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82: II. Romance

Edward Elgar

Violin 8/10

AndanteSoft dynamics

20th Century

Baal Shem: II. Nigun

Ernest Bloch

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoSoft to loud

Romantic

Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace (violin part)

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin 8/10

Allegro vivaceLoud dynamicsKey of A major

Romantic

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin 8/10

Allegro molto appassionatoSoft to loudKey of E minor

Romantic

Violin Sonata in F major (1838): I. Allegro vivace

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin 8/10

Allegro vivaceLoud dynamicsKey of F major

20th Century

Violin Sonata: II. Intermezzo

Francis Poulenc

Violin 8/10

Très lent et calmeSoft dynamics

Romantic

Perpetuum mobile, Op. 34 No. 5

Franz Ries

Violin 8/10

Very fast tempoModerate dynamics

Romantic

Violin Sonata in A major, D. 574: I. Allegro moderato

Franz Schubert

Violin 8/10

Allegro moderatoSoft dynamicsKey of A major

Romantic

Nocturne in C-sharp minor (arr. Milstein)

Frédéric Chopin

Violin 8/10

Lento con gran espressioneSoft to loudKey of C# minor

Romantic

Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (arr. Sarasate)

Frédéric Chopin

Violin 8/10

AndanteSoft dynamicsKey of Eb major

20th Century

Caprice viennois, Op. 2

Fritz Kreisler

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

20th Century

La Gitana

Fritz Kreisler

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

20th Century

Tambourin chinois, Op. 3

Fritz Kreisler

Violin 8/10

Allegro moltoModerate dynamicsKey of Bb major

Romantic

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13: II. Andante

Gabriel Fauré

Violin 8/10

AndanteSoft dynamicsKey of D minor

20th Century

Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (arr. Heifetz)

George Gershwin

Violin 8/10

Walking pace tempoSoft to loud

20th Century

Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (arr. Heifetz)

George Gershwin

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Classical

Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor: III. Agitato assai

Giovanni Battista Viotti

Violin 8/10

Agitato assaiSoft to loudKey of A minor

20th Century

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (opening)

He Zhanhao and Chen Gang

Violin 8/10

Adagio cantabileSoft to loud

Baroque

Mystery Sonata No. 1 "The Annunciation"

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loudKey of D minor

Romantic

Étude-Caprice, Op. 18 No. 4

Henryk Wieniawski

Violin 8/10

Very fast tempoModerate dynamicsKey of A minor

Romantic

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22: II. Romance

Henryk Wieniawski

Violin 8/10

Andante non troppoSoft to loudKey of Bb major

20th Century

Suite italienne (arr. Dushkin): I. Introduzione

Igor Stravinsky

Violin 8/10

Allegro moderatoModerate dynamics

Baroque

Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9 No. 3: IV. Tambourin

Jean-Marie Leclair

Violin 8/10

PrestoLoud dynamicsKey of D major

Romantic

Hejre Kati, Op. 32

Jenő Hubay

Violin 8/10

Moderate tempoSoft to loud

Baroque

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: Sarabande

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoModerate dynamicsKey of B minor

Baroque

Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Fast tempoModerate dynamicsKey of D minor

Baroque

Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoModerate dynamicsKey of D minor

Baroque

Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Fast tempoModerate dynamicsKey of D minor

Baroque

Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Fast tempoModerate dynamicsKey of E major

Baroque

Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: II. Loure

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoSoft dynamicsKey of E major

Baroque

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

AdagioModerate dynamicsKey of G minor

Baroque

Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005: III. Largo

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

LargoSoft dynamicsKey of F major

Baroque

St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich (violin solo)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

Slow tempoSoft dynamicsKey of B minor

Baroque

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin 8/10

AdagioSoft to loudKey of E major