Concerto & Solo Repertoire

Katy Smith has performed a wide range of violin concertos and solo works with orchestras across the UK and internationally. She relishes exploring new repertoire and works closely with orchestras to deliver compelling performances.

If you have a piece in mind that is not on this list, Katy would be delighted to prepare it - please get in touch here.

Frequently performed with Orchestra

• Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, 11 performances

• Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1, 8 performances

• Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, 5 performances

• Elgar – Violin Concerto*

• Sibelius – Violin Concerto, 2 performances

• Glazunov – Violin Concerto, 2 performances

• Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No. 3

• Lalo – Symphonie espagnole, 2 performances

• Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4

• Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, 2 performances

• Massenet – Méditation from Thaïs, 7 performances

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, 3 performances

• Wieniawski – Scherzo-Tarantella, 3 performances

• Tartini – Devil’s Trill Sonata (own arrangement)

• Mozart – Adagio

*Performed using Edward Elgar’s own bow, earning high praise from the Elgar Society.

Other repertoire

• Brahms – Violin Concerto

• Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Two Romances

• Prokofiev – Violin Concertos No. 1 & No. 2

• Dvořák – Violin Concerto

• Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1

• Walton – Violin Concerto

• Korngold – Violin Concerto

• Barber – Violin Concerto

• Paganini – Concerto No. 1, Le Streghe

• Bach – A minor, Double Violin Concerto

• Haydn – Violin Concerto in C major

• Chausson – Poème

• Wieniawski – Variations on an Original Theme, Polonaise in D

• Sarasate – Miramar, Zortico, Zigeunerweisen, Navarra, Carmen Fantasy

• Ravel – Tzigane

• Waxman – Carmen Fantasie

• Saint‑Saëns – Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso

• Tchaikovsky – Valse‑Scherzo, Serenade mélancolique