Beethoven: Concerto in D Major for Violin, Op. 61Violin and Piano edition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto in D Op. 61, with cadenzas. Edited by Flesch. Published by Edition Peters. Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12 year old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society