Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Mvt. I opening

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Where this excerpt appears

Standard concerto for all-state and youth orchestra violin auditions
Conservatory undergraduate auditions in most US programs
National youth orchestra auditions (NYO, NYO2, CYSO)
Summer festival concerto competition first rounds

Panel-ready practice tips

1.Every candidate has played the Mendelssohn. Panels compare you not to a recording but to every candidate who played before you today. Musical specificity is the only differentiator.
2.The opening solo enters immediately — no orchestral introduction. Make sure the first note has the exact dynamic level and character you planned.
3.The lyrical theme at bar 15: panels listen for whether your phrasing has an interior logic. Play each bar as a sentence with a subject and a predicate.
4.The passagework in the development must stay in tune under tempo pressure. Practice the fast runs at 60% with a drone before adding speed.
5.The cadenza is built into the score — practice it as written. Extreme rubato in the cadenza sounds undisciplined to most panels.