Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet Ulf Wallin

• Allan Pettersson (1911 - 1980): Concerto for Violin and String Quartet:
• 1 Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet: I. Allegro moderato — Allegro — Moderato — Più allegro — Tempo I 06:43
• 2 Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet: II. Lento — Molto largo — Molto agitato — Presto — Lento — Andante 10:40
• 3 Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet: III. Allegro moderato — Meno mosso — Largo poco a poco — Tempo I — Cadenza — Allegretto — Andamento — Allegro furioso — Andante 18:48
• Two Elegies:
• 4 Pettersson: Two Elegies: I. Andantino 01:28
• 5 Pettersson: Two Elegies: II. Crotchet = 48 01:28
• Andante espressivo:
• 6 Pettersson: Andante espressivo 03:27
• Romanza:
• 7 Pettersson: Romanza 03:12
• Lamento:
• 8 Pettersson: Lamento 02:31
• Four Improvisations:
• 9 Pettersson: Four Improvisations: I. Largo — Allegro 02:40
• 10 Pettersson: Four Improvisations: II. Crotchet = 92 03:30
• 11 Pettersson: Four Improvisations: III. Crotchet = 88 02:26
• 12 Pettersson: Four Improvisations: VI. Crotchet = 100 02:11
• Total Runtime 59:04

Info for Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet

Between 1934 and 1949, Allan Pettersson, one of Sweden’s foremost composers of symphonies, wrote chamber works that differ greatly from his later production. With his Two Elegies, composed at the tender age of 17, Pettersson drew the enthusiasm of his teacher, who saw in him the makings of a composer. The Four Improvisations for string trio recall Bartók’s music with their rhythmic vitality. The Andante espressivo is more personal with its experimental melodic and harmonic leanings. After his forced return from Paris in 1939, where he had gone to study, Pettersson composed a tender and lyrical Romanza and, three years later, his only piece for solo piano, the elegiac and meditative Lamento.

The most important work on this recording is the Concerto for Violin and String Quartet, a harsh, dense work that places great demands on the musicians. Initially rejected by the critics, the work now appears almost unique in terms of its radical tonal language and experimental use of extended techniques.

For this recording, Ulf Wallin has brought together colleagues and friends to perform these lesser-known works, which nevertheless constitute an essential milestone in the career of the great Swedish composer.

Ulf Wallin, violin
Sueye Park, violin
Daniel Vlashi Lukaçi, violin
German Tcakulov, viola
Alexander Wollheim, cello
Thomas Hoppec, piano

Ulf Wallin
The Swedish violinist Ulf Wallin studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Prof. Sven Karpe and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Wolfgang Schneiderhan.

Concert tours have taken him to Asia, Europe and the United States. He has worked with such eminent conductors as Jesús Lopéz Cobos, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Andrew Manze, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Walter Weller and Franz Welser-Möst. Always in great demand as a chamber player Ulf Wallin has worked with artists like Bruno Canino, Barbara Hendricks, Heinz Holliger, Roland Pöntinen und András Schiff.

Ulf Wallin has appeared at numerous major festivals including the Lucerne and Berlin music festivals, the Schleswig-Holstein fFestival, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Musiktage Mondsee, Festival Pablo Casals de Prades and Marlboro Music Festival. He has performed in the world’s leading venues, including the Berlin Philharmonie, La Scala di Milano, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Musikverein in Vienna.

Ulf Wallin’s dedication to contemporary music is highlighted by his close contacts with several eminent composers, among them Anders Eliasson, Alfred Schnittke and Rodion Shchedrin.

He has made numerous radio, and television appearances and more than 50 CD recordings (BIS, cop, EMI and BMG), have gained much acclaim and attention from the international media.

Ulf Wallin is professor of violin at the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and visiting professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He has served on juries for major international competitions including the ARD Competition in Munich, the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover and the Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition in Vienna.

In 2013 he was awarded the Robert-Schumann-Preis der Stadt Zwickau and in 2014 he was elected into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Ulf Wallin plays a violin by the Venetian master Domenico Montagnana from 1746.

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