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Serenade for Strings
Suite by Dag Wirén
The composer
CatalogueOp. 11
Composed1937 (1937)
PublisherGehrmans Musikförlag [sv] (1944)
DurationApprox. 16 minutes[1]
Movements4
Premiere
Date27 October 1937 (1937-10-27)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
ConductorTobias Wilhelmi [sv]
PerformersStockholm Chamber Orchestra

The Serenade for Strings (in Swedish: Serenad för stråkar), Op. 11, is a four-movement orchestral composition written in 1937 by the Swedish composer Dag Wirén. The piece premiered on 27 October 1937 at the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, with Tobias Wilhelmi [sv] conducting the Stockholm Chamber Orchestra—its two dedicatees.[1]

Structure

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The Serenade for Strings is in four movements. They are as follows:[1]

  1. Preludium (Prelude): Allegro molto
  2. Andante espressivo
  3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace — Trio: Poco meno moto
  4. Marcia: Tempo di marcia, molto ritmico

Instrumentation

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Recordings

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The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Serenade for Strings:

No. Conductor Orchestra Rec.[a] Time Recording venue Label Ref.
1 Leonard Friedman Scottish Baroque Ensemble 1978 14:30 St Mary's Church, Haddington CRD records
1 Esa-Pekka Salonen Stockholm Sinfonietta 1984 14:03 Petrus Chruch, Stocksund BIS
1 Göran Nilson [sv] Örebro Chamber Orchestra 1988 13:12 Örebro Concert Hall Bluebell [sv]
1 William Boughton English String Orchestra 1992 14:36 Wyastone Leys Nimbus
1 Richard Studt Bournemouth Sinfonietta 1994 14:45 Bournemouth Winter Gardens Naxos
1 Petri Sakari [fi] Swedish Chamber Orchestra 1995 15:55 Örebro Caprice
1 Rumon Gamba Iceland Symphony Orchestra 2017 15:28 Eldborg Hall, Harpa Chandos
1 Neville Marriner Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 1977 14:38 Decca
1 Kenneth Montgomery Bournemouth Sinfonietta 1976 Parlophone
1 Stig Westerberg Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Swedish Society Discofil [sv] SCD 1035
1 Sixten Eckerberg [sv] Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Caprice CAP 21761
1 Johannes Somary English Chamber Orchestra Vanguard VCS–10067

Notes, references, and sources

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Notes
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ L. Friedman–CRD (CRD3342) 2011
  3. ^ E. Salonen–BIS (CD–285) 1984
  4. ^ g. Gamba–Chandos (ABCD 019) 1988
  5. ^ W. Boughton–Nimbus (NI7020) 1992
  6. ^ R. Studt–Naxos (8.553106) 1995
  7. ^ P. Sakari–Caprice (CAP 21513) 1996
  8. ^ R. Gamba–Chandos (CHSA 5194) 2018
References
Sources
  • "Serenad för stråkar" [Serenade for Strings]. gehrmans.se. Gehrmans Musikförlag. Retrieved 28 October 2022.