Mozart’s emphasis on music for violin and strings culminated in 1775 when, in the course of nine months he composed five concertos for violin and orchestra. Especially in his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, …

Grieg composed his Third Violin Sonata in 1887, a time when he was on the threshold of his largest fame, a circumstance that may explain his view of the Sonata as representing a wider horizon. …

Edward Elgar was at the height of his creative powers when this concerto was composed. At that time, in 1910, he was riding high on the successes of his “The Dream of Gerontius”, the Enigma …

The work’s origins were described by Elgar in a letter to his friend: “I have sketched a set of Variations on an original theme…The Variations have amused me because I’ve labelled ’em with the nicknames …

Beethoven composed his piano concerto #5 at about 1799 to 1800. The opening movement has an aggressive cast, its C minor outbursts prefiguring in some sense the more thunderous C minor emotions of the Fifth …