Saxophone Concerto (Larsson)

The Saxophone Concerto, Op. 14, is a three-movement concertante composition for alto saxophone and string orchestra written in 1934 by the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson. The piece premiered on 27 November 1934 in Norrköping, Sweden, with conducting the Norrköping Orchestral Association. The soloist was the German-born American virtuoso Sigurd Raschèr, its dedicatee, whom Larsson had consulted during the compositional process; as such, the concerto incorporated several Raschèr's pioneering techniques—"highly personal tricks and devices". Because the Saxophone Concerto proved too difficult for most soloists, Larsson "simplified" it in the early 1980s to make it more accessible.

Structure

The Saxophone Concerto is in three movements. They are as follows:

The Saxophone Concerto the following instruments:

published the piece in 1953.

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Saxophone Concerto:

Conductor	Orchestra	Soloist		Time	Recording venue	Label
	New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra		1982	19:19	Concert Hall, Royal Swedish Academy of Music	BIS
	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra		1983	19:13	Berwald Hall
	Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra		1991	20:43	Snellman Hall, Kokkola	Arte Nova
	BBC Philharmonic		2007	21:42	Studio 7, New Broadcasting House	Chandos