Violin Concerto (Riisager)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was written by Danish composer Knudåge Riisager in 1950–1951 for violinist {{ill|Wandy Tworek|da|}}, to whom it is dedicated. Tworek gave its first performance with conductor Nicolai Malko at a Thursday Concert on 11 October 1951.Claus Røllum-Larsen. [https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/riisager-violin-concerto-etudes Booklet notes] to dacapo 8.226145 There is a second, revised, version of the concerto, which was performed for the first time by {{ill|Kai Laursen|ru|Лаурсен, Кай}} at Gothenburg.Mogens Wenzel Andreasen, tr. by Jeffrey Duckett. Booklet notes to DANACORD 467-468 The approximate duration is 23 minutes.

Structure

The concerto has only two movements, a calm, meditative Tranquillo and a brilliant Vivo, the latter being in the sonata form.

Recordings

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