| Two Serenades | |
|---|---|
| Concertante pieces by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer (c. 1913) | |
| Opus | 69 |
| Composed | 1912 (1912)–1913 |
| Publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel (1913) |
| Duration | 13 mins. |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 8 December 1915 (1915-12-08) |
| Location | Helsinki, Finland |
| Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
| Performers | Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Burgin (violin) |
The Two Serenades, Op. 69, are concertante compositions for violin and orchestra, written from 1912 to 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They are the:
The Two Serenades premiered on 8 December 1915 during the composer's semicentennial celebration. Sibelius conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; the soloist was Polish-American violinist Richard Burgin. Also on the program was the initial version of the Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major (Op. 82), as well as the tone poem The Oceanides (Op. 78).
Instrumentation
The Serenade No. 1 is scored for the following instruments:
- Soloist: violin
- Woodwinds: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), and 2 bassoons
- Brass: 4 horns (in F)
- Percussion: timpani
- Strings: violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
The Serenade No. 2 has identical scoring, except for the addition of triangle to the percussion section; it also has the clarinetists switch to B♭ clarinet.
Recordings
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the complete Two Serenades:
Notes, references, and sources
- Notes
- 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.
- P. Breglund–EMI Classics (7243 5 75236 2 2) 2002
- V. Ashkenazy–Decca (473 590–2) 2003
- N. Järvi–BIS (CD–472) 1990
- J. Saraste–RCA Red Seal (19439704812 (8)) 2020
- A. Previn–DG (447 895–2) 1995
- A. Almila–Finlandia (3984–23391–2) 1999
- T. Dausgaard–Virgin Classics (7243 5 45534 2 4) 2002
- P. Kuusisto–Ondine (ODE 1074–5) 2006
- D. Bostock–Classico (CLASSCD 733) 2007
- S. Rouvali–Orfeo (C 896 152 A) 2015
- E. Gardner–Chandos (CHAN 5267) 2024
- References
- Dahlström 2003, pp. 304–305.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 303, 305.
- Tawaststjerna 1997, pp. 69–70.
- Barnett 2007, p. 255.
- Sources
- Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- Dahlström, Fabian (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.
- Tawaststjerna, Erik (1986). Sibelius: Volume 2, 1904–1914. (Robert Layton, English translation). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-24773-8.
- Tawaststjerna, Erik (1997). Sibelius: Volume 3, 1914–1957. (Robert Layton, English translation). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-24774-5.
