Karl-Birger Blomdahl(1916-68): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

KARL-BIRGER BLOMDAHL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1939:   Symphonic Dances for orchestra: 23 minutes      *
1940:   Concert Overture: 7 minutes   +  (Swedish Society MAP cd)
1941:   Viola Concerto
1943:   Symphony No.1: 29 minutes    +  (BIS cd)
1944:   Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra: 17 minutes   +  (Swedish Society MAP cd)
1945:   Suite from the Incidental Music to "Vaknatten" ("The Wakeful Night")
1946:   Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra: 16 minutes  +  (Swedish Society MAP and Proprius cds)
1947:   Symphony No.2: 24 minutes    +  (BIS, Swedish Society MAP and Proprius cds)
1948:   Pastoral Suite for strings and narrator
1949:   Praeludium and Allegro for string orchestra: 5 minutes   + (Swedish Society MAP cd)
1950:   Symphony No.3 "Facetter": 22 minutes    +  (BIS and Caprice cds)
1951-52:Oratorio "In the Hall of Mirrors" for soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone/reciter, bass, chorus and orchestra: 35 minutes     +  (Caprice cd)
1954:   Choreographic Suite "Sisyphus" for orchestra: 20 minutes  + (Caprice cd)
             Chamber Concerto for piano, woodwind and percussion: 16 minutes    +  (Caprice cd)
1956:   Oratorio "Anabase" for speaker, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 60 minutes
1957:   Choreographic Suite "Minotaur" for orchestra: 25 minutes
1960:   Fioriture for orchestra: 20 minutes
1961:   "Forma ferritonans" for orchestra: 11 minutes       + (Caprice cd)
1962:    Choreographic Suite "Game for Eight" for chamber orchestra: 25 minutes
1966:   "The Journey in This Night" for soprano and string orchestra: 14 minutes   + (Caprice cd)

[violinconcerto]

KARL-BIRGER BLOMDAHL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1939?:  Violin Concerto   (withdrawn?)

Where did you find information about this work?

Best,
Tobias

[Dundonnell]

Tobias, the information about the early Blomdahl Violin Concerto came from

http://www.mic.stim.se/C12569E30058A306/V5artikelAZeng/E8BF3A3C4B2C9313C1256AE1004FE87D

As you will see, this is an article about the Blomdahl Viola Concerto. The third paragraph refers to a first performance by the Goteborg Quartet of "Blomdahl's first violin concerto" in the autumn of 1939. However, the article goes on to say that the Viola Concerto was the composer's first concerto for solo instrument.

My suspicion, therefore, is that the article may have been mis-translated or that there is a simple typographical error. The reference is almost certainly to the "first string quartet" of 1939.

I hoped that someone would pick up on this   I shall amend the catalogue accordingly.

[violinconcerto]

I think I will send an inquiry about that to the Swedish MIC in the near future - very helpful people there, so this question should be answerable.

Best,
Tobias