Violin Concerto (Violin & Piano)

Berg Violin Concerto (Violin & Piano)
Henle Urtext
The genesis of Berg's Violin Concerto in 1935 is shrouded in tragedy. He had only just finished making the first sketches when Manon Gropius – the daughter of Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler, with whom Berg was friends – died of polio. He dedicated the concerto “To the memory of an angel" in her memory. Then, Alban Berg died in 1935, so he did not live to see it printed or performed.

The Henle edition – violin part and piano reduction – follows the score edited by Michael Kube. Simultaneously Breitkopf & Härtel published the orchestral parts and pocket score.

The illustrious violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann has provided fingerings and bowings for the violin part.