Boston Symphony Orchestra On November 5, 1938 by Byrd Elliot, violin, and Celius Doherty, piano gave the New York premiere of the violin and piano reduction of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. NEW YORK PREMIERE of Sergey Prokofiev's VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR, OP. 63 symphony orchestra performance 1940-02-17T14:30:00