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Sarah Chang

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Sarah Chang (born Young Joo Chang, 10 December 1980) is a Korean-American violinist and child prodigy born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents who had emigrated from South Korea in 1979 while her father pursued a music degree at Temple University. She began violin lessons as a small child and, at age eight in 1989, made her professional debut as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, followed days later by an engagement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She studied at the Juilliard School under Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang, graduating in 1999.

Chang built an international solo career while still a child, signing to EMI Classics and recording an extensive catalogue of concerto repertoire; she was especially prominent as a touring soloist with the world’s leading orchestras through the 1990s and 2000s. She has continued to perform and record into her fifth decade as an artist, and remains one of the most widely recognized violin virtuosos of her generation.

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Repertoire

The Four Seasons: Summer, RV 315 – III. Presto— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”: II. Largo— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”: III. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation— Jules Massenet
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Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo. Furiant— Antonín Dvořák
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Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20— Pablo de Sarasate
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”: I. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”: II. Adagio molto— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”: III. Allegro “La…— Antonio Vivaldi
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air (Perf. by Violin and Orchestra)— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12 No. 1, RV 317: I. Allegro aperto— Antonio Vivaldi
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Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12 No. 1, RV 317: II. Largo— Antonio Vivaldi
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Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 12 No. 1, RV 317: III. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato— Felix Mendelssohn
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Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: II. Andante— Felix Mendelssohn
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Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace— Felix Mendelssohn
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: III. Allegretto moderato— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: IV. Allegro molto— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro ma non tanto— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: II. Blues. Moderato— Maurice Ravel
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Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: I. Introduction. Allegro moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: II. Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: III. Lento assai— Pablo de Sarasate
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Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: IV. Allegro moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: V. Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, B. 80: III. Furiant. Presto— Antonín Dvořák
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: I. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: II. Largo e…— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: III. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”: I. Allegro non molto— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”: II. Adagio— Antonio Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”: III. Presto— Antonio Vivaldi
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Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70: III. Allegretto moderato— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70: IV. Allegro vivace— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, B. 80: II. Dumka. Elegie— Antonín Dvořák
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace— Johannes Brahms
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Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: II. Dumka. Andante con moto— Antonín Dvořák
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro— Maurice Ravel
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L’estro armonico, Op. 3: Violin Concerto in A Minor No. 6, RV 356: I. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
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Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto (Excerpt)— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: I. Allegretto ben moderato— César Franck
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: I. Allegro agitato— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: II. Adagio— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo— Sergei Prokofiev
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Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Minor, Op. 11, B. 39— Antonín Dvořák
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99: III. Passacaglia. Andante— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99: IV. Cadenza— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99: V. Burlesque. Allegro con brio – Presto— Dmitri Shostakovich
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The Lark Ascending— Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: IV. Finale. Allegro— Antonín Dvořák
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String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, B. 80: IV. Finale, Tema con variazioni— Antonín Dvořák
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Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro— César Franck
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Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato— César Franck
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Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso— César Franck
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico— Max Bruch
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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 28: II. Andante— Karl Goldmark
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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo— Antonín Dvořák
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Tzigane, M. 76— Maurice Ravel
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Phantasia (Based on ‘The Phantom of the Opera’)— Composer not established
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The Woman in White Suite— Composer not established
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: I. Allegretto— Maurice Ravel
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Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70: I. Allegro con spirito— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, B. 80: I. Allegro moderato— Antonín Dvořák
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Chaconne in G minor— Tomaso Antonio Vitali
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Melodie— Christoph Willibald Gluck
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21 Hungarian Dances: No. 1 in G minor— Composer not established
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Symphonie espagnole Op. 21: IV. Andante— Édouard Lalo
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A minor Op. 37: Adagio— Henry Vieuxtemps
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A minor Op. 37: Allegro con fuoco— Henry Vieuxtemps
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Sonata No. 12 in E minor, Op. 3— Nicolo Paganini
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Cantabile in D Major— Nicolò Paganini
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Nocturne, Op. 51, No. 3— JEAN SIBELIUS
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Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor. Op. post.— Frederic Chopin
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Consolation No. 3 in D flat— Franz Liszt
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Violin Concerto in D, Op.35: II. Canzonetta (Andante)— Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
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Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor Op. 28— CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
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Bazzini: The Dance of the Goblins. Op. 25— Antonio Bazzini
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Paganini: Cantabile In D Major— Niccolò Paganini
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Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella Op. 43— Pablo de Sarasate
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Tchaikovsky: Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Fauré: Berceuse Op. 16— Gabriel Fauré
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Dinicu: Hora Staccato— Grigoraș Dinicu
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Prokofiev: Masks (from Romeo and Juliet)— Sergei Prokofiev
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Paganini: Sonata No. 12, Op. 3, I Andante Innocentemente— Niccolò Paganini
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Mendelssohn: On The Wings Of Song Op. 34 No. 2— Felix Mendelssohn
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Brahms: Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) Op. posth.— Johannes Brahms
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Gluck: Melodie— Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Banjo and Fiddle— William Kroll
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Sibelius: Nocturne Op. 51, No. 3— Jean Sibelius
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Sarasate: Zapateado Op. 23— Pablo de Sarasate
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Sarasate: Introduction: Allegro Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Sarasate: I. Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Sarasate: II. Lento Assai— Pablo de Sarasate
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Sarasate: III. Allegro Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Sarasate: IV. Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Elgar: Salut d’amour Op. 12— Edward Elgar
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Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17— Edward Elgar
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Khachaturian: Sabre Dance (from Gayane)— Aram Khachaturian
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Kreisler: Tempo di Minuetto (In The Style Of Pugnani)— Fritz Kreisler
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Paganini: Caprice No. 1 In E. Op. 1— Niccolò Paganini
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Paganini: Caprice No. 15 In E Minor. Op. 1— Niccolò Paganini
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Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 In C Sharp Minor. Op. Post.— Frédéric Chopin
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Shostakovich: Prelude No. 10 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 34— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Shostakovich: Prelude No. 15 In D, Op. 34— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Gershwin, I. Gershwin: It Ain’t Necessarily So (From Porgy And Bess/Trans. Jascha Heifetz)— George Gershwin
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Liszt: Consolation No. 3 In D Flat— Franz Liszt
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Tchaikovsky: Melody In E Flat, Op. 42/No. 3— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Prokofiev: March (From The Love For Three Oranges/Arr. Jascha Heifetz)— Sergei Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99: I. Nocturne. Moderato— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99: II. Scherzo. Allegro— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino— Sergei Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato— Sergei Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo— Johannes Brahms
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio— Johannes Brahms
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: I. Prelude. Allegro moderato— Max Bruch
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio— Max Bruch
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: I. Allegro ma non troppo— Antonín Dvořák
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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: II. Adagio ma non troppo— Antonín Dvořák
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Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: I. Allegro ma non tanto— Antonín Dvořák
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R. Strauss: I. Allegro— Richard Strauss
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R. Strauss: II. Lento, ma non troppo— Richard Strauss
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R. Strauss: III. Rondo. Presto— Richard Strauss
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R. Strauss: I Allegro, ma non troppo— Richard Strauss
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R. Strauss: II Improvisation. Andante cantabile— Richard Strauss
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R. Strauss: III Finale. Andante – Allegro— Richard Strauss
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Paganini: I. Allegro maestoso— Niccolò Paganini
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Paganini: II. Adagio espressivo— Niccolò Paganini
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Paganini: III. Rondo (Allegro spiritoso)— Niccolò Paganini
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Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra. Op. 83— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor Op. 28— Camille Saint-Saëns
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Tchaikovsky: I. Allegro moderato— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky: II. Canzonetta (Andante)— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky: III. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major— Johannes Brahms
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Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor— Johannes Brahms
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Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4 in B minor— Johannes Brahms
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Hungarian Dances: No. 1 In G Minor— Composer not established
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