Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Earlier today I was listening to a broadcast of Beethoven's Violin
>Concerto performed by Joseph Swensen w/ Previn conducting the Royal
>Philharmonic.  He played a fascinating cadenza which I didn't recognize.

I believe it was a transcription of the cadenza Beethoven himself wrote for
the piano version (op.  61a) of the Violin Concerto.  Unfortunately, it is
seldom used.  Naturally, it blows away any other cadenza for this piece.

Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series
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