Berg Concerto Violin & Orchestra Study Score Berg composed his Violin Concerto, which also incorporates material by Bach, was composed during the summer of 1935 under a commission from the American violinist Louis Krasner, who gave the premiere at the ISCM Festival in Barcelona on April 19, 1936, with Hermann Scherchen conducting. Kyung-Wha Chung was the soloist in the National Symphony Orchestra's first performances of this work, on February 12-15, 1974, with James DePreist conducting.