Adolf Wiklund - Piano Concerto No.1 & 2

 

Adolf Wiklund

Adolf Wiklund (5 June 1879 in Långserud, Värmland -- 2 April 1950 in Stockholm)

 Swedish composer and conductor. 

 

 

 

 Piano Concerto No.1 in E-minor, Op.10 (1907)

Mov.I: Allegro energico 00:00
Mov.II: Andante ma non troppo 14:28
Mov.III: Allegro vivace 24:53

Pianist: Ingemar Edgren
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniorkester
Conductor: Jorma Panula

 

Piano Concerto No.2 (1917)

1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro non troppo

Greta Erikson, piano
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stig Westerberg, conductor

 

His father was an organist. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm as an organist and music teacher, Wiklund was awarded scholarships to study piano in Sweden and then in Paris. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own Konsertstycke in C major, Op 1.
After 1911 he worked mainly as a conductor. He conducted the Swedish Royal Orchestra from 1911 to 1924, he was director of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1923, and he served as principal conductor of the Stockholm Concert Society until 1938