The Viola Concerto, though often presented as a complete work, is believed by musicologist Michael Kube to be unfinished, lacking a title page, date, and having jotted notes in the score.
Recording & Production
This Hybrid SACD recording uses a 5.0 surround sound configuration, aiming to reproduce the natural sound of a concert venue with all five channels recorded at full frequency range.
Composer Biography
Allan Pettersson worked as a viola player in what is now the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra throughout the 1940s.
Composition History
Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 15 was premiered posthumously on November 19, 1982, and was broadcast live on TV and radio.
Composer Biography
Allan Pettersson studied composition in Paris with notable figures like Arthur Honegger, Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, and René Leibowitz, finding his path with Leibowitz.
Composer Biography
Allan Pettersson, the composer, initially studied violin but switched to viola after nine terms due to a dysfunctional relationship with his violin teacher.
Performer Biography
Ellen Nisbeth, the viola soloist, was described as 'A genuine rising star' by The Strad magazine and was a 'Rising Star' of the 2017/18 season by ECHO (the European Concert Hall Organisation).
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