Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

A recording by the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra — the first performance of the compositions since 1939, at a concert as part of The Year of Marc Lavry 2023-2024.
Violin: Hagai Shaham
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Raanana Symphonette Orchestra
July 6, 2024

Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society

Synopsis:
The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was composed for violinist Andreas Weissgerber – Lavry’s friend – who premiered it on June 20, 1939 with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Palestine.

The movements of this composition are:

• Allegro Moderato (Marcia)
• Andante
• Allegro Assai

Davar Newspaper – Marc Lavry Discusses His Work

In a 1939 interview with the Hebrew Davar newspaper Lavry discusses his compositions:

My Concerto for Violin and Orchestra is one of the latest works from December 1938. This is a pure concerto, yet even here there is much that I could not have written outside of Israel.
The concerto has three movements, but I deviated from the norm. The first movement is an Allegro with Cadenza; the second begins as a Cadenza but progresses to Allegro; and the third movement is a Vivace with a dance rhythm.