Pettersson: Symphony No. 15, Viola Concerto / Nisbeth, Lindberg, Norrköping Symphony

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BIS
Release Date
July 1, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Allan Pettersson
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Ellen Nisbeth
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 01, 2022
    • UPC
      7318599924809
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2480
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. bars 1-115

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    2. bars 116-234

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    3. bars 235-280

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    4. bars 281-366

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    5. bars 367-433

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    6. bars 434-542

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    7. bars 543-628

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    8. bars 629-695

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    9. bars 696-747

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    10. bars 748-854

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    11. bar 855 - Ending

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    12. Fantasistycke

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

    13. bars 1-150

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    14. bars 151-251

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    15. bars 252-328

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    16. bars 329-473

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    17. bars 474-637

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg

    18. bar 638 - Ending

      Composer: Allan Pettersson

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Ellen Nisbeth

      Conductor: Christian Lindberg


Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 15 is characterized by a high degree of tension right from the striking opening: brief, emphatic chords from horns and trombones above the tremolo of a side drum. Soon an expressive melodic subject is heard from the first violins, followed by contrasting rapid scales – at which point Pettersson has presented the greater part of the symphony’s building blocks. Like so many of the composer’s symphonies, the 15th is in one movement, but with clearly defined sections. It was completed in 1978, two years before Pettersson’s death, and was followed in 1979, by the sixteenth symphony, the last work that the composer submitted for performance. Only later did it become known that Pettersson had also been working on a Viola Concerto – a work that, if not fully completed, was so far advanced that it has been accepted as part of his œuvre. It is presented here by the Swedish violist Ellen Nisbeth, who also performs one of Pettersson’s very earliest compositions – a Fantaisie pour alto seul, dated June 1936, when the composer himself was about to embark on a career as violist. On this the tenth disc in their acclaimed Pettersson cycle, the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Christian Lindberg bring their combined expertise to bear on the orchestral scores.