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Serenade
by Wilhelm Stenhammar
The composer
Composed	1908 (1908)–1913, rev. 1919
Duration	Approx. 36 minutes
Movements	5
Premiere
Date	30 January 1914 (1914-01-30)
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Conductor	Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performers	Royal Swedish Orchestra

The Serenade in F major, Op. 31, is a five-movement composition for orchestra written from 1908 to 1913 by the Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar. The piece premiered on 30 January 1914 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the composer conducting the Royal Swedish Orchestra. The premiere was not a success, and Stenhammar withdrew the work. In 1919, he substantially revised it. The Serenade is generally regarded as one of the composer's greatest works, as well as one of the most important pieces of Swedish art music.

Structure

The Serenade is in five movements. They are as follows:

1. Overtura: Allegrissimo
2. Canzonetta: Tempo di valse, un poco tranquillo
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Notturno: Andante sostenuto
5. Finale: Tempo moderato

The Canzonetta, written during the Sereande's revision process, replaced Stenhammar's first attempt at a second movement: the 1913 original is titled Reverenza (Tempo di menuetto—Tranquillo e grazioso).

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Recordings

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Serenade:

No.	Conductor	Orchestra	Rec.	Time	Recording venue	Label	Ref.
1	Tor Mann	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1)	?	36:05	?	Caprice
2	Rafael Kubelík	Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	1964	34:11	Stockholm Concert Hall	Swedish Society Discofil
3	Stig Westerberg	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2)	1974	35:37	Swedish Radio Studios	EMI Classics
4	Neeme Järvi (1)	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (1)	1985	35:48	Gothenburg Concert Hall	BIS
5	Esa-Pekka Salonen	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (3)	1988	36:11	Berwald Hall	Musica Sveciae
6	Neeme Järvi (2)	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (2)	1993	32:37	Gothenburg Concert Hall	Deutsche Grammophon
7	Paul Mägi	Uppsala Chamber Orchestra	2006	38:44	Grand Auditorium, Uppsala University	Swedish Society Discofil
8	Hannu Koivula	Gävle Symphony Orchestra	2008	37:55	Gävle Concert Hall	Naxos
9	Christian Lindberg	Royal Flemish Philharmonic	2013	37:16	DeSingel	BIS
10	Herbert Blomstedt	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (3)	2014	37:21	Gothenburg Concert Hall	BIS

In addition, the original second movement has received, due primarily to the advocacy of Neeme Järvi, a number of recordings as a stand-alone concert piece entitled Reverenza.