Violin Concerto (Larsson)
The Violin Concerto, Op. 54, is a three-movement concertante composition for violin and orchestra written in 1952 by the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson. The piece premiered over Swedish Radio on 11 January 1953 in Stockholm, Sweden, with conducting the Swedish Radio Orchestra. The soloist was the Hungarian violinist André Gertler, its dedicatee.
In 1976, Larsson wrote a new cadenza to Movement I.
Structure
The Violin Concerto is in three movements. They are as follows:Instrumentation
The Violin Concerto the following instruments:- Soloist: violin
- Woodwinds: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
- Brass: 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba
- Percussion: timpani
- Strings: violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
Recordings
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Violin Concerto:| Conductor | Orchestra | Soloist | Time | Recording venue | Label | ||
| Swedish Radio Orchestra | 195? | ? | ? | London International | |||
| Swedish Radio Orchestra | 1955 | 24:35 | ? | Music & Arts | |||
| Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | 1976 | 25:54 | Stockholm Concert Hall | ||||
| Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | 1993 | 26:50 | Berwald Hall | Sony Classical |