| Two Serenades | |
| Type: | Concertante pieces |
| Image Upright: | .9 |
| Border: | Yes |
| Opus: | 69 |
| Composed: | –1913 |
| Publisher: | Breitkopf & Härtel (1913) |
| Duration: | 13 mins. |
| Premiere Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Premiere Conductor: | Jean Sibelius |
| Premiere 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 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).
The Serenade No. 1 is scored for the following instruments:
4 horns (in F)
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.
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Two Serenades:
| Conductor | Orchestra | Soloist | Time | Recording venue | Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | 1975 | 13:27 | Southampton Guildhall | EMI Classics | ||||
| 2 | Philharmonia Orchestra | 1979 | 14:55 | Kingsway Hall | Decca | ||||
| 3 | Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | 1980 | 13:33 | Schwann, Koch | |||||
| 4 | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | 13:16 | BIS | |||||
| 5 | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2) | 1990 | 12:42 | Kulttuuritalo | RCA Red Seal | ||||
| 6 | Staatskapelle Dresden | 1995 | 13:25 | Lukaskirche, Dresden | Deutsche Grammophon | ||||
| 7 | 1999 | 14:44 | Kuopio Music Center | Finlandia | |||||
| 8 | Danish National Symphony Orchestra | 2002 | 11:40 | Danish Radio Concert Hall (old) | Virgin Classics | ||||
| 9 | Tapiola Sinfonietta | 2006 | 11:22 | Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre | Ondine | ||||
| 10 | Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic | 2007 | 12:20 | , Aarhus | Classico | ||||
| 11 | Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra | 2015 | 14:23 | Tampere Hall | Orfeo |
sv:Fabian Dahlström
. Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke. Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works. 2003. Breitkopf & Härtel. Wiesbaden. de. 3-7651-0333-0.