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 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: 1. Moderato

2. Andante pastorale

3. 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 published the piece in 1956.

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

Notes, references, and sources

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