time and C major serve to accentuate the contrast with the principal theme. The development begins with the soloist playing pizzicato, and proceeds to develop upon the principal theme. In a brief recapitulation, the theme is restated, not by the soloist, but by the principal flute, and accompanied elaborately by the soloist and harp. Second movement The second movement, a scherzo marked Vivacissimo, is in rondo form. Michael Steinberg wrote that the movement 'represents the "savage" element' of the concerto 'as against the generally more lyrical first and third movements. The music, full of contrast, is by turns amusing, naughty, for a while even malevolent, athletic, and always violinistically ingenious and brilliant. It seems to be over in a moment.' Third movement The third and final movement, initially marked Moderato, starts with a bassoon theme over a metronomic eighth-note orchestral accompaniment. The soloist assumes the theme from the bassoon before dropping back to an accompanying role when the movement transitions to a section marked Allegro moderato. The solo violin increasingly interchanges between the roles of soloist and accompanist. The movement ends with the music fading away in tempo and dynamics, and quotes the ending of the first movement, concluding in almost exactly the same way. References Bibliography Jaffé, Daniel. Sergey Prokofiev. (London: Phaidon, 1998). Phillips, Anthony (translator and annotator). Sergey Prokofiev: Diaries 1915–1923 (London: Faber, 2008). Prokofiev, Sergei (trans. & ed. Oleg Prokofiev). Sergei Prokofiev: Soviet Diary 1927 and Other Writings (London: Faber, 1991). Steinberg, Michael. The Concerto (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998). External links More on the History of the Concerto, from a Program Note Prokofiev.org page on Concerto Free recording by the Columbia University Orchestra. Video – Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 1 (23:12) Concertos by Sergei Prokofiev Prokofiev 01 1917 compositions Compositions in D major