ART of VIOLIN

An Historical Perspective on the Art of Violin Playing
since the Beginning of the Recording Era

List of musical selection within the programs

Jascha HEIFETZ

(All performed by Heifetz unless otherwise indicated)

“On Wings of Song”/Mendelssohn
“Ave Maria” /Schubert-Wilhelmj (1917)
Rondo /Bazzini (1917)
“Humoresque” /Dvorak (1911)
“The Bee” /Schubert (1911)
Hungarian Dance No.7 /Brahms
“Zigeunerweisen” /Sarasate (excerpt)-P.Sarasate (1904)
“Zigeunerweisen” /Sarasate (excerpt, 1918}
Hungarian Dance No.1 /Brahms (excerpt)- J.Joachim (1903)
Hungarian Dance No.1 /Brahms (excerpt,1924}
“Ad Ana Adoshem” /Cantorial-J Peerce-tenor
“Hebrew Melody” / J.Achron
“Elegie” / Massenet-F.Schaliapin-bass
“La plus que lent” /Debussy
“La Capricieuse / Elgar (1917)
“Moto Perpetuo” /Paganini (1918)
Minuet / Mozart (1918)
“Serenade Melancolique” / Tchaikovsky (1920)
“Hebrew Dance” / J.Achron (1924)
“Estrellita” /Ponce (1928)
Impromptu No.3 / Schubert (1934)
Concerto No. 4 / Vieuxtemps, 1st movement (1935)
Sonata in A / C.Franck, 3rd movement, with A. Rubinstein-piano
“Hora Staccato / Dinicu
“Carmen” Fantasy / Bizet-Waxman
Chaconne / Bach
Hungarian Dance No.17 / Brahms
Concerto / Sibelius,3rd movement
“It ain’t necessarily so” /Gershwin -Heifetz
“Tzigane” Ravel (1972)
“Sea Murmurs” / Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1972)



Leopold AUER and His Violin School

Romance/Rubinstein–M. Elman
Caprice No. 24/Paganini–J. Heifetz
Intermezzo/Provost–T. Seidel
Chaconne/Durant–E. Brown
Carmen Fantasy/Bizet-Sarasate (excerpt)–K. Parlow
Serenade/Drigo–E. Zimbalist
“Zigeunerweisen”/Sarasate–M. Poliakin
Walse Bluette/Drigo–J. Heifetz
Ave Maria/Schubert–F. Von Vecsey
Ave Maria/Schubert–M. Elman
Oriental/Cui–T. Seidel
“Koli Sh’ma”/from Yom Kippur Service–R. Tucker
“Hymn to the Sun”/Rimsky-Korsakov–M. Elman
Carmen Fantasy/Bizet-Sarasate (excerpt)–J. Heifetz
Melody/Tchaikovsky–L. Auer
Hungarian Dance No. 1/Brahms–L. Auer

Mischa ELMAN
(All performed by Elman unless otherwise indicated)

“Zigeunerweisen”/Sarasate
Souvenir de Moscou/Wieniawski
“Eli, Eli”/Cantorial–J. Peerce (tenor)
Incidental Music/Delibes
“Alice, where art thou”/Ascher
“Hejre Kate”/Hubay
Reverie/Schumann–F. Von Vecsey
Reverie/Schumann
Concerto/Tchaikovsky, 1st Movement (excerpt)
Elegie/Massenet–with E. Caruso (tenor)
Souvenir/Schindier
Romance/Rubinstein
Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane/Kreisler
Serenade/Drdla
Rondino/Kreisler
Airs Tziganes/Espejo


Fritz KREISLER

(All performed by Kriesler unless otherwise indicated)

Tango/Albeniz
Nocturne/Chopin (excerpt)–P. Sarasate
Mazurka/Chopin
Adagio from Solo Sonata No. 1 in G minor/Bach (excerpt)–J. Joachim
Adagio from Solo Sonata in G minor/Bach
Slavonic Dance No. 1/Dvorak
Rondino/Kreisler
Thais/Massanet
From My Home Land/Smetana
Liebesfreud/Kreisler
Caprice Viennois/Kreisler
Liebesleid/Kreisler
Scherzo “In the Style of Dittersdorf”/Kreisler
Cadenza by Kreisler for Beethoven Violin Concerto, 1st Movement
Humoresque/Dvorak
Gypsy Caprice/Kreisler
“Oh, Cease they Singing, Maiden Fair”/Rachmaninoff–with J. McCormack (tenor)
“Mighty Lak’ a Rose”/Nevin–with Geraldine Ferrar (soprano)
Double Concerto/Bach, 3rd Movement–with E. Zimbalist
Sonata in C Minor/Grieg, 2nd Movement–with Rachmaninoff (piano)
Sonata in A, “Duo”/Schubert, 2nd Movement–with Rachmaninoff
Rosamunde/Schubert
Larghetto/Weber
Concerto/Mendelssohn, 2nd and 3rd Movements
Concerto/Beethoven, 3rd Movement
Sonata No. 5 “Spring”/Beethoven, 4th Movement
“Song without Words”/Tchaikovsky
Schon Rosmarin/Kreisler
“Songs My Mother Taught Me”/Dvorak
Concerto (fragment)/Paganini-Kreisler
Concerto/Brahms, 2nd Movement
Andante Cantabile/Tchaikovsky
Sonata, “Kreutzer”/Beethoven, 1st Movement–F. Rupp (piano)


Yehudi MENUHIN

(All performed by Menuhin unless otherwise indicated)

Concerto/Beethoven, 2nd Movement
Kaddish/Ravel
Symphony Espagnol/Lalo, 3rd Movement
Romance/Schumann-Kreisler
Scherzo-Tarantella/Wieniawski
Adagio from solo Sonata No. 1 in G Minor/Bach
Romanesca/anon. (1928 recording)
Allegro/Fiocco (1928 recording)
La Campanella/Paganini (1930 recording)
La Follia/Corelli (1930 recording)
Double Concerto/Bach 3rd Movement–with G. Enesco
Rondo/Beethoven–with H. Menuhin (piano)
Rondo/Bazzini
Legende/Wieniawski
Prayer/Handel
Sierra Morena/De Monasterio (1928 recording)
La Capriccioso/Ries (1928 recording)
Ave Maria/Schubert
Concerto/Elgar, 3rd Movement (excerpt, 1932 recording)
Caprice No. 24/Paganini
Concerto No. 1/Paganini, 2nd Movement
Caprice Basque/Sarasate
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso/Saint-Saens
“Fascinating Rhythm”/Gershwin–with S. Grapelli
Courante from Solo Partita No. 2 in D minor/Bach
Concerto/Brahms, 3rd Movement