Solo Violin

Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Moussorgsky began as a piece for piano solo that he completed in 1867 and was never very popular. It was the orchestral version by fellow Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakoff after Moussorgsky died that became well known. It caught the ear of Walt Disney, was featured towards the end of the first “Fantasia”, and so became music recognized the world over.

Vivaldi’s celebrated Violin Concertos known as “The Four Seasons” was written around 1716, and was a part of a set of eight concertos remarkably...