Repertoire
Madeleine Mitchell Violin Concerto Repertoire
Representative list - other works considered (*preferences)
*Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Bach Concertos no.1 in A minor, no.2 in E, 2 violins, violin & oboe
Mozart Concerto no 3, Adagio in E & Rondo in C, Sinfonia Concertante
Beethoven Violin Concerto, * Romance in F, Triple Concerto
Berlioz Reverie and Caprice
*Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Brahms Violin Concerto and Double Concerto
*Bruch Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
*Tchaikovsky Meditation 10’
*Dvorak Romance, Mazurka
Suk Fantasy for solo violin and orchestra (25')
*Massenet Meditation from Thais
Saint-Saens Violin Concerto no 3, Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Chausson *Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet; Poème
Glazunov Violin Concerto
*Svendsen Romance
Sibelius Violin Concerto
*Delius Légende 8’
Delius Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
*Elgar Violin Concerto
*Elgar Short pieces arr MM with strings (e.g. Salut d'Amour)
*Holst Song of the Night 9’
*Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
*Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.1, *Cinq Mélodies op 35b arr string orch 14’
Ireland Berceuse, Cavatina, Bagatelle arr with strings c9’
*Stanford Irish Rhasody c10’
Bartok Rhapsody no.1
Stravinsky Violin Concerto, L'Histoire du Soldat
*Barber Violin Concerto
Korngold Violin Concerto '26/27
Weill Violin Concerto with wind band
Grace Williams Violin Concerto (1950) 25'
Andrej Panufnik Concerto for violin with strings
Ian Krouse Rhapsody
Piers Hellawell Violin Concerto - Quadruple Elegy written for MM
Arvo Part Fratres, Tabula Rasa (2 violins)
*Michael Nyman On the Fiddle with strings (written for MM 1993)14'
John Williams Three Pieces from Schindler's List
Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra 20’
Richard Blackford Recollections on a Russian Orthodox Hymn with strings 10’
David Matthews Romanza with strings (for MM 2012) 12’
Guto Puw Violin Concerto (for MM 2014) 20’
*Geoffrey Poole Rhapsody (for MM 2015) 12’
Madeleine Mitchell Violin Recital Repertoire
with piano & solo
Representative list; other works considered. * Favourites available at shorter notice+ recorded on Violin Songs CD
Violin Sonatas with piano
Alwyn Sonatina (1933) 11’ (MM recorded for Naxos)
Malcolm Arnold Sonata no.2 op.43 (8’)
Bach no.4 in C minor
Amy Beach (1880s)
Beethoven - most of the 10 *nos 10, (1 & 4)
Howard Blake (MM recorded with the composer for Naxos) 25’
* Brahms – no.1 in G, *no.2 in A, *no.3 in D minor, & Sonatensatz
Copland
Debussy 12’
Delius op. posth; *no.2 13’
* Dvorak Sonatine op.100 20’
Petr Eben Sonatina
* Elgar 26’
* Fauré no.1 in A 26’
Howard Ferguson Violin Sonata no.2
* Franck 29’
Goossens no.1 (1918) (recorded on British Treasures) 25’
Granados Violin Sonata in one movement, 12'
* Grieg no.3 in C minor
Handel in F & D
Hummel op.5, 14,*108 12’
* Hurlstone (recorded on British Treasures)
Ireland no.2 c26’
Ives no.4 Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting 10’
Janacek
Mozart - several * K304 *454
* Ravel Sonata 18’, Sonate op.posth
#Rawsthorne 17’
* Respighi 24’
Saint-Saens no.1
Schnittke Quasi una Sonata
Schubert Sonatines
Schumann no.1
Sibelius Sonatine 13’
Bernard Stevens
* R Strauss 26’
Turnbull (recorded on British Treasures)
Grace Williams Violin Sonata 18' (recorded on GW Chamber Music album Naxos)
Works for Solo Violin & Choir
Other works
(more contemporary works – see below)
Bach Chaconne from Partita no.2 for solo violin and other movements
Bartok Rhapsody no.1
Bartok Rumanian Dances
Arthur Benjamin Arabesque, Carnavalesque
Blake Penillion - Theme & Variations 8' (MM recorded with the composer for Naxos)
Blake Jazz Dances 12' (MM recorded with the composer for Naxos)
Bloch Nigun & Nuit Exotique
Lili Boulanger * +Nocturne 3', Cortege, D'un Matin du Printemps
Brahms Sonatensatz
Brahms Hungarian Dance in G minor
Bridge *+8 short pieces
Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon 6’
Copland * +Nocturne 6’, Ukelele Serenade and Hoe Down
Delius * Légende 7’, Serenade from Hassan 2’
Dvorak 4 Romantic Pieces
Fauré Romance & Andante
Finzi * Elegy
Gershwin arr MM An American in Paris highlights 8'
Gorecki Sonatine 3'
Gurney The Apple Orchard, Scherzo, May Song
Holst *Song of the Night
Howells *Three Pieces: Pastorale, Chosen Tune, Luchinushka
Messiaen Theme & Variations and * vln & pno movt Qtet for the End of Time 8'
Prokofiev * +Cinq Mélodies op.35b 13'
Saint-Saens Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Smetana From the Homeland
Stanford Irish Rhapsody op.191, 3 Characteristic Pieces
Suk Un Poco Triste from 4 Pieces
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher: Méditation, Scherzo, Mélodie
Vaughan Williams *The Lark Ascending (original version with piano) 16’
Walton Canzonetta & Scherzo
John Williams Three Pieces from Schindler's List
Nocturne Programme
(with optional poetry and slides)
Short pieces
incl. pieces from Violin Songs CD +
*Amy Beach Romance
Benjamin 3 Pieces – Arabesque, Carnavelesque, Burlesque
Berlioz Reverie and Caprice
*+Bridge 8 salon pieces
*+Elgar Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Salut d'Amour etc,
Fauré Romance
* Gershwin Summertime
Ireland Bagatelle 3’, Berceuse 2’, Cavatina 3’
Jolivet Aubade
Kodaly Adagio
Kreisler Liebesleid etc.
*+Massenet Méditation
*+Ravel Berceuse sur le Nom de Fauré
*+Poulenc Violon arr MM
*+Schubert Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves, Pastoral
Villa Lobos Canto de Cisne Negre
New Works written for MM (with piano)
**on 'In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell' CD
++ on 'Violin Muse' album
#on 'Violin Conversations' album
** James MacMillan Kiss on Wood 8', A Different World 8',
** Michael Nyman On the Fiddle, 13' (3 movements can stand alone)
**John Woolrich ...that is night 6'
**Brian Elias Fantasia, 14'
**Anthony Powers In Sunlight 9'
**Stephen Montague Folk Dances (2003) 11'
++Michael Nyman Taking it as Read (2007) 4’
++David Matthews Romanza (2012) 12’
++Sadie Harrison Aurea Luce (2015) 9’
++Geoffrey Poole Rhapsody (2015) 12’
Robert Saxton Suite (2019) 18' (for MM, recorded with Clare Hammond on Saxton Portrait album)
#Douglas Knehans Mist Waves (2019) 7'
#Martin Butler Barcarolles (2020) 12’
#Errollyn Wallen Sojourner Truth (2021) 5’
solo violin:
Michael Berkeley Notes on the loss of a Friend: In Memoriam, Nicholas Snowman (2023) 3’
#Richard Blackford Worlds Apart (2020 to MM & M.N.S.) 3'
**Stuart Jones Kothektche 4', Gharnati 12' '
#Kevin Malone Your Call is Important to Us (violin & tape) 6' (2022)
George Nicholson Spindrift for solo violin in 7 movts (2022) 25’
**Nigel Osborne Taw-Raw 7
Susie Self Violon Rouge for solo violin and soundscape (2023) 7’
A selection of other more contemporary works
(vln & pno, solo vln/ vln & tape)
Grazyna Bacewicz Kaprys Polski for solo violin (3’)
Berio Due Pezzi
#Howard Blake 'Penillion 8' and Jazz Dances 12' (on MM Naxos album) The Ice Princess and The Snowman (arr for MM), Walking in the Air (arr for MM)
Martin Butler Suzanne's River Song
Cerha 2 Stücke
Maxwell Davies Dances from the Two Fiddlers
Ross Edwards Cockatoo Spirit Dance (solo vln) 6’
Iain Hamilton sonata
Ivan Hewett Dialogue & Elegy
Wendy Hiscocks Nocturne (MM CD w Hiscocks - Chamber disc), Dry White Fire, #Caprice for solo vln 3’
#Joseph Horovitz Dybbuk Melody for solo violin
Jolivet Suite Rhapsodique for solo violin (1965)
Giya Kanchelli Duo
David Matthews Alpine Tune (recorded MM on ABRSM album)
John McLeod Another Time, Another Place - Three Interludes
John Metcalf Paradise Haunts 24’
#Thea Musgrave Colloquy 12’
Michael Parkin Inevitable Inventions
Arvo Part Fratres
Paul Patterson Aguecheek’s Antics 5'
Peter Sculthorpe From Saibai
Francis Shaw Nocturne for solo violin
Schoenberg Phantasy 10’
Valentin Silvestrov (Ukrainian b 1937) Five Pieces for Violin & Piano
Toru Takemitsu From far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog 7’ & Distance de Fée 8’
John Taverner My Gaze… (solo violin & tape) 16’
Ian Wilson Bane (solo violin & digital delay) 11’
Hugh Wood Poem