| Intimate Miniatures | |
|---|---|
| Suite by Lars-Erik Larsson | |
 The composer | |
| Native name | Intima miniatyrer |
| Opus | 20 |
| Composed | 1938 |
| Publisher | Gehrmans Musikförlag (1962) |
| Duration | Approx. 15 minutes[1] |
| Movements | 4 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 20 November 1938 |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Performers | Stockholm Quartet |
Intimate Miniatures (in Swedish: Intima miniatyrer), Op. 20, is a four-movement suite for string quartet written in 1938 by the Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson. Originally, the pieces were part of a longer, six-movement "lyrical suite" ("lyrisk svit") called Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad), which Larsson had written to accompany a recitation of poems about fall by the Swedish writer Ola Hansson.
The Stockholm Quartet premiered Late Autumn Leaves on 20 November 1938, with the Swedish actor Ivar Kåge as narrator; the performers were: Ernst Törnqvist and Folke Reinholdson (violins), John Hylbom (viola), and Carl Christiansen (cello).
The Prim Quartet (Primkvartetten) premiered Intimate Miniatures at the Fylkingen venue in Stockholm,[2] Sweden, on 25 October 1940.[3]
Structure
The movements of Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad) are as follows; † = Not included in Intimate Miniatures[4]
- Allegro moderato
- Allegretto†
- Andante sostenuto
- Andantino—Allegro moderato—Andantino†
- Allegro
- Adagio
The movements of Intimate Miniatures are as follows:
- Adagio
- Allegro moderato
- Andante sostenuto
- Allegro
Note that Larsson reordered the movements.
Recordings
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of Intimate Miniatures:
| Ensemble | First violin | Second violin | Viola | Cello | Rec.[a] | Time | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helsingborg Quartet | Åsa Rudner | Bengt-Erik Norlén | Bengt Ersson | Göran Lindström | 1986 | 13:00 | Rosengård Church | Big Ben Phonogram | |
| Stenhammar Quartet | Peter Olofsson | Per Öman | Tony Bauer | Mats Olofsson | 2008 | 13:33[c] | Swedish Radio Studio 2 | Daphne |
Notes, references, and sources
- Notes
- ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
- ^ Helsingborg–Big Ben (611 872–003) 1987
- ^ In 2008, the Stenhammar Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the complete six-movement Late Autumn Leaves (Senhöstblad), which lasts 21:13.[4]
- ^ Stenhammar–Daphne (DAPHNE 1035) 2008
- References
- ^ Gehrmans Musikförlag.
- ^ Friedner 2008, p. 5.
- ^ Swedish Musical Heritage 2022.
- ^ a b Friedner 2008, p. 3.
- Sources
- "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett" [Intimate Miniatures for string quartet]. gehrmans.se. Gehrmans Musikförlag. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett" [Intimate Miniatures for string quartet]. swedishmusicalheritage.com. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- Friedner, Calle (2008). Lars-Erik Larsson: String Quartets (CD booklet). Translated by Tanner, Roger. Stenhammar Quartet. Daphne. p. 4–9. DAPHNE 1035. OCLC 840087298
- Sjöberg, Paul-Christian (1987). Lars-Erik Larsson: String Quartets (CD booklet). Translated by Posselwhite, Eric. Helsingborgs Quartet. Big Ben Phonogram Company. p. 2–4. 611 872–003. OCLC 18259818
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