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Saint-Saëns’ A-major Violin Concerto (composed in 1859, the year after his C-major Concerto) was the first of a series of works that he wrote. This Concerto reveals several of Saint- Saëns' characteristic progressive traits, particularly the cyclic development of themes throughout a piece and inventive formal compression.

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