Wilhelm Peterson-Berger - Violin Concerto in F Sharp Minor (1918)

Violin Concerto by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. Performed by Ulf Wallin. Conducted by Michail Jurowski with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.

I. Allegro Moderato - Ma Appassionata - 00:00
II. Andante Tranquillo E Cantabile - Attaca - 17:53
III. Finale - Allegro Modearto - Ma Con Fuoco - 26:44

The Violin Concerto is one of Sweden's finest works in this genre, and it has been recorded several times. In length and form, it is not dissimilar to Tchaikovsky's violin concerto -- a comparison Peterson-Berger would probably have deplored! The long first movement is full of nobility and passion. Then, there is a pastoral middle movement, directly followed by an exciting finale. Here, the surprise is the prominent use of the pentatonic scale. At the time, critics assumed that this was in some way related to the popularity of Puccini's opera Turandot. In fact, the finale sometimes has been described as a "Rondo in the style of Lapland." the pentatonic writing gives the music a Native American quality -- as if it had been Grieg and not Dvořák who had spent time in the American midwest!

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• F
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[Zodiark13]

Do you where I can find the sheet music to this. I am a violinist in grad school and would love to learn this piece!

[lbrinin1701]

this is awesome playing!