ON THIS DAY | Stravinsky Violin Concerto Premiered On This Day in 1931

The 4 movement work contains a similar chord at the beginning of each movement - which the composer described as 'the password to the concerto'

Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D premiered on this day in 1931.

The first performance was given by Samuel Dushkin - with Stravinsky conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

ANDREI KORSAKOV | STRAVINSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | VLADIMIR FEDOSEYEV & MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 1978