The work has been frequently recorded and has established itself as one of the composer's most durable compositions.īackground and first performances Walton later reorchestrated the concerto the revised version was premiered in 1944. The British premiere, delayed by the Second World War, was given on 1 November 1941, with Henry Holst as soloist and the composer conducting. The Violin Concerto by William Walton was written in 1938–39 and dedicated to Jascha Heifetz, who commissioned the work and performed it at its premiere on 7 December 1939 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodziński. Jasha Heifetz (1920), who commissioned the violin concerto
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