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Why did Pablo de Sarasate refuse to perform Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D Major?
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The 19th-century virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate refused to perform Johannes Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 because he objected to a specific passage in the second movement. In this section, the violin soloist is required to step out of the spotlight to allow for an extended oboe solo.1