Editing Felix Mendelssohn (section)

====Concertos====
[[File:Mendelssohn VnConcert op64 2mvt.png|thumb|upright=1.8|alt= Two staves of printed music notation|Violin Concerto Op. 64, main theme of second movement]]

The [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto in E minor]], Op. 64 (1844), was written for [[Ferdinand David (musician)|Ferdinand David]]. David, who had worked closely with Mendelssohn during the piece's preparation, gave the premiere of the concerto on his [[Guarneri]] violin.{{sfn|Todd|2003|pp=479–481}} [[Joseph Joachim]] called it one of the four great violin concertos along with those of [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven]], [[Violin Concerto (Brahms)|Brahms]], and [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Bruch]].{{sfn|Steinberg|1998|p=265}}

Mendelssohn also wrote a lesser-known, early [[Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)|concerto for violin and strings]] in D minor (1822); four piano concertos ("no. 0" in A minor, 1822; [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mendelssohn)|1 in G minor]], 1831; [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mendelssohn)|2 in D&nbsp;minor]], 1837; and 3 in E minor, a posthumously published fragment from 1844); two concertos for two pianos and orchestra ([[Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E major (Mendelssohn)|E major]], which he wrote at 14 [1823], and [[Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat major (Mendelssohn)|A-flat major]], at 15 [1824]); and another double concerto, for violin and piano (1823). In addition, there are several single-movement works for soloist and orchestra. Those for piano are the ''Rondo Brillante'' of 1834, the ''Capriccio Brillante'' of 1832, and the ''Serenade and Allegro Giocoso'' of 1838.<ref name=list /> He also wrote two [[Concertino (composition)|concertinos]] (''Konzertstücke''), Op. 113 and 114, originally for [[clarinet]], [[basset horn]] and piano; Op. 113 was [[orchestration|orchestrated]] by the composer.{{sfn|Todd|2003|p=266}}