Question
This D major piece opens with low strings and French horns playing the notes "D, F#, D, B, A" in its allegro non troppo first movement. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece that Pablo de Sarasate refused to play, noting he didn't want to "listen to the oboe playing the only melody in the adagio." This piece's final movement opens with the soloist playing the notes "long F#, sixteenth notes G, G, A, long F#."
ANSWER: Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major [or Brahms Op. 77]
[10m] Brahms’ Violin Concerto was dedicated to this violinist, who quipped that the "Germans have four violin concertos." This Hungarian violin virtuoso co-premiered Brahms' double concerto with cellist Robert Hausmann.
ANSWER: Joseph Joachim
[10e] Though Joachim revered Brahms' violin concerto, Joachim wrote that this other composer's E minor violin concerto was "the heart's jewel." This composer wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
ANSWER: Felix Mendelssohn [or Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]
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