Violin Concerto (Riisager)
# Violin Concerto (Riisager)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was written by Danish composer Knudåge Riisager in 1950–1951 for violinist Wandy Tworek [da], to whom it is dedicated. Tworek gave its first performance with conductor Nicolai Malko at a Thursday Concert on 11 October 1951. There is a second, revised, version of the concerto, which was performed for the first time by Kai Laursen [ru] at Gothenburg. The approximate duration is 23 minutes.

## Structure

The concerto has only two movements, a calm, meditative Tranquillo and a brilliant Vivo, the latter being in the sonata form.

## Recordings

* (1973.V) Kai Laursen [ru], Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Aksel Wellejus [da] — (2009) DANACORD DACOCD 467-468
* (2017.VI) Ian van Rensburg, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs — (2019) dacapo 8.226145
