Six Fantasias, No.1: Fantasia on Paganini's Second Violin Concerto, Op.147.1

Category		Chamber Music > Instrumental - Strings
Composed		2007
Duration (approx)		7.5 minutes
Parts		Violin
Notes		Includes a rendition of the Cadenza to Paganini's Violin Concerto No.2. First performance was given on the Il Cannone Guarnerius of 1743, an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri of Cremona (1698-1744).
Related Works		Cadenza to Paganini's Violin Concerto No.2 Six Fantasias, Op.147 Six Fantasias, No.2: Capriccio-Fantasia, Op.147.2 Six Fantasias, No.3: Brno Fantasia, Op.147.3 Six Fantasias, No.4: Sibeliad, Op.147.4 Six Fantasias, No.5: Fantasia on Rachmaninov's Prelude in G Minor, Op.147.5 Six Fantasias, No.6: Midwinter Song, Op.147.6
Recording(s)		David Matthews - Music for Solo Violin, Volume Two
Publisher		Unpublished
First performance		18 October 2007
Venue		Palazzo Doria Tursi, Genova, Italy
Soloists / Players		Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin)