# 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 Sten Frykberg [sv] 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:
* Moderato
* Andante pastorale
* Lento—Allegro molto

## Instrumentation

The Violin Concerto is scored the following instruments:
* Soloist: violin
* Woodwinds: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A; later in B♭), and 2 bassoons
* Brass: 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in C), 3 trombones, and tuba
* Percussion: timpani
* Strings: violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
Gehrmans Musikförlag [sv] published the piece in 1956.

## Recordings

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Violin Concerto:
| Conductor | Orchestra | Soloist | Rec. | Time | Recording venue | Label |
| Sten Frykberg [sv] (1) | Swedish Radio Orchestra (1) | André Gertler | 195? | ? | ? | London International |
| Sten Frykberg [sv] (2) | Swedish Radio Orchestra (2) | Louis Kaufman | 1955 | 24:35 | ? | Music & Arts |
| Stig Westerberg | Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Leo Berlin [sv] | 1976 | 25:54 | Stockholm Concert Hall | Swedish Society Discofil [sv] |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (3) | Arve Tellefsen | 1993 | 26:50 | Berwald Hall | Sony Classical |

## Notes, references, and sources
### Notes

* ↑ Although the publisher, Gehrmans Musikförlag, lists the third movement of the Violin Concerto as "Allegro molto", the manuscript that the publisher provides on its website shows that the movement begins as "Lento" (p. 76 of the score) and later transitions into "Allegro molto" (p. 80). The Royal Swedish Academy of Music correctly lists the movement as "Lento—Allegro molto".
* ↑ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
* ↑ S. Frykberg–London International (TW 91091) 1955
* ↑ S. Frykberg–Music & Arts (MACD–4667) 1991
* ↑ S. Westerberg–Swedish Society (SCD 1004) 1986
* ↑ E. Salonen–Sony Classical (SK 64140) 1993

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Gehrmans Musikförlag.
* 1 2 Hedman 1986, p. 2.
* 1 2 3 Swedish Musical Heritage 2022.

### Sources

* "Violinkonsert" [Violin Concerto]. gehrmans.se. Gehrmans Musikförlag. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
* "Violin concerto". swedishmusicalheritage.com. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
* Hedman, Frank (1986). Lars-Erik Larsson: Violin Concerto / A Winter's Tale / Violin Concertino (CD booklet). Stig Westerberg & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Swedish Society Discofil Classical. p. 2–3. SCD 1004. OCLC 17797595
* Nyström, Martin (1993). Lars-Erik Larsson: Förklädd Gud (God in Disguise) / Pastoral Suite / Violin Concerto (CD booklet). Esa-Pekka Salonen & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sony Classical. p. 6–7. SK 64140. OCLC 34697048
* Schlüren, Christoph (2014). Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No. 1 / Music for Orchestra / Lyric Fantasy (CD booklet). Translated by Robinson, J. Bradford. Andrew Manze & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. cpo. p. 13–17. 777 671–2. OCLC 880851753
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