The Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, was composed by Niccolò Paganini in Italy in 1826. In his Second Concerto, Paganini holds back on the demonstration of virtuosity in favor of greater individuality in the melodic style. The third movement of Paganini's Second Concerto owes its nickname "La Campanella" or "La Clochette" to the little bell which Paganini prescribes to presage each recurrence of the rondo theme. The character of the bell is also imitated in the orchestra and in some of the soloist's passages featuring harmonics. While not as popular as Paganini's first violin concerto, the Second Concerto in B minor is a work of greater depth, rich in Italianate melodic beauty. Composed in 1826, the score became one of Paganini's concert mainstays. In our time such violinists as Ruggiero Ricci and Salvatore Accardo have performed the score to great acclaim.
The opening Allegro maestoso is in traditional form with two principal themes. The violin's flights into the instrument's highest reaches signal the composer's artistic signature.
This Original Cadenza is full of novelty in A postmodern way, inspiring also a daring innovator, literally reinventing the violin technique, adding a new bag of tricks and daring bravura flights to ther instrument's repertoire.With its endless flow of lovely melodies, virtuosistic passages and sheer flair for showmanship, this Original Cadenza of Paganini's B minor concerto is one of the most dazzling scores created for the violin.
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