Pettersson Catalog

Abbreviations:
MS = manuscript ; NMS = Nordiska Musikförlaget ; STIM = Swedish Composers International Music Bureau
Instrumentation:
fl/ob/cl/bsn hr/tp/tb/tuba timp/perc/harp ; * = addition of piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, and contra bassoon, respectively.

Simple Classified, Chronological and Alphabetical lists of Pettersson's works are also available (ASCII format).
There is also a list of comparative timings.

Orchestral Music

SYMPHONY No. 1 [2 versions, both incomplete]
Composition: 1950 (1st version), 195? (2nd version)
Premiere: not performed
Instr.: 2/2/2/2 2/2/2/0 1/4/0 celesta strings Score: MS (1st version: 136 pp. ; 2nd version: 79 pp.)

SYMPHONY No. 2
Composition: 1952-53
Premiere: 9 May 1954, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Tor Mann, cond.
Instr.: 2/2/2/2 2/2/2/0 1/4/0 celesta strings
Duration: 42:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 3
Composition: 1954-55
Premiere: 21 November 1956, Gothenburg Orchestral Society, Tor Mann, cond.
Instr.: 3*/3*/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/2/0 strings
Duration: 40:00
Score: NMS
Discography

CONCERTO No. 2 for string orchestra
Composition: 1956
Premiere: 1 December 1968, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Stig Westerberg, cond.
Duration: 22:30
Score: STIM
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CONCERTO No. 3 for string orchestra
Composition: 1956-57
Premiere: 14 March 1958, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Tor Mann, cond.
Duration: 49:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 4
Composition: 1958-59
Premiere: 27 January 1961, Stockholm Philharmonic Orch., Sixten Ehrling, cond.
Instr.: 3/3/3/3 4/3/3/1 1/8/0 celesta strings
Duration: 38:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 5
Composition: 1960-62
Premiere: 8 November 1963, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Stig Westerberg, cond.
Instr.: 2*/2/2*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/1/0 strings
Duration: 42:00
Score: NMS
Study score: W. Hansen, 1985 (NMS 10483)
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SYMPHONY No. 6
Composition: 1963-66
Premiere: 21 January 1968, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Stig Westerberg, cond.
Instr: 3*/2*/3*/3*/ 4/3/3/1 1/2/0 strings
Duration: 55:00
Score: NMS
Study Score: W. Hansen, 1985 (NMS 10486)
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SYMPHONY No. 7
Composition: 1966-67
Premiere: 13 October 1968, Stockholm Phil. Orch., Antal Doráti, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/4/0 strings
Duration: 44:00
Score: NMS
Study Score: W. Hansen, 1972 (NMS 10276)
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SYMPHONY No. 8
Composition: 1968-69
Premiere: 23 February 1972, Stockholm Phil. Orch., Antal Doráti, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/4/0 strings
Duration: 45:00
Score: NMS
Study Score: W. Hansen, 1984 (NMS10452)
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SYMPHONY No. 9
Composition: 1970
Premiere: 18 February 1971, Gothenburg Symphony Orch., Sergiu Comissiona, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/5/0 strings
Duration: 65-70:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 10
Composition: 1972
Premiere: 16 December 1973, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Antal Doráti, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/2/0 celesta strings
Duration: 25:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 11
Composition: 1973
Premiere: 24 October 1974, Harmonien Ensemble [Bergen], Karsten Andersen, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1 5/0 strings
Duration: 24:00
Score: NMS
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SYMFONISK SATS
Composition: 1973
Premiere: 24 December 1976, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Stig Westerberg, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1 4/0 strings
Duration: 13:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 12 (De döda på torget)

For mixed chorus and orchestra; text by Pablo Neruda (Canto general); Swedish translation by Artur Lundkvist and Francisco J. Uriz

Composition: 1973-74

Premiere: 29 September 1977, Stockholm Phil. Orch. and Chorus, Carl Rune Larsson, cond.

Instr.: 2/2/2*/2 4/2/3/1 1/3/0 celesta strings

Duration: 55:00

Score: NMS

Chorus score: W. Hansen, 1982 (NMS 10354)

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VIOLIN CONCERTO [No. 2]
Composition: 1977-78, revised 1980
Premiere: 25 January 1980, Ida Haendel, violin, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Herbert Blomstedt, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/2/0 strings
Duration: 55:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 14
Composition: 1978
Premiere: 26 November 1981, Stockholm Phil. Orch., Sergiu Comissiona, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/4/0 celesta strings
Duration: 48:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 15
Composition: 1978
Premiere: Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Sergiu Comissiona, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/4/0 celesta strings
Duration: 30:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 16 (for alto saxophone and orchestra)
Composition: 1979
Premiere: 17 October 1984, Frederick L. Hemke, saxophone, Stockholm Phil. Orch., Yuri Ahronovitch, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/2/3* 4/3/3/0 1/1/0 strings
Duration: 22:00
Score: NMS
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VIOLA CONCERTO
Composition: 1979
Premiere: September 1988, Yuri Bashmet, viola, Berlin Radio Symphony Orch., Sergiu Comissiona, cond.
Instr.: 2/2/2/2 4/2/3/0 1/0/0 strings
Duration: 30:00
Score: NMS
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SYMPHONY No. 17 [incomplete]
Composition: 1979-80
Premiere: April 1995? Wuppertal Symphony Orch., Peter Gülke, cond.
Instr.: 3*/2/3*/3* 4/3/3/1 1/4/0 strings
Duration: 10:00
Score: MS (30 pp. ; 207 mm.)
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Chamber Music

FANTASY for viola
Composition: 1936
Premiere: 15 May 1972
Duration: 3:00
Source: NMS
Score: W. Hansen, 1982 (NMS 6547)
Discography

4 IMPROVISATIONS for string trio
Composition: 1936
Premiere: ???
Duration: 10:30
Source: NMS
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ANDANTE EXPRESSIVO for violin and piano
Composition: 1938
Premiere: ???
Source: NMS

ROMANCE for violin and piano
Composition: 1942
Premiere: ???
Duration: 3:00
Source: NMS
Score: W. Hansen, 1982 (NMS 6596)

LAMENTO for piano
Composition: 1945
Premiere: ???
Duration: 2:30
Source: NMS
Score: W. Hansen, 1981 (NMS 6546)
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FUGUE for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Composition: 1948
Premiere: 14 November 1950
Duration: 13:30
Source: NMS
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CONCERTO for violin and string quartet [Violin concerto no. 1]
Composition: 1949
Premiere: 10 March 1951
Duration: 33:00
Score: NMS
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7 SONATAS for 2 violins
Composition: 1951
Premiere: March-April 1962
Durations: 13:00, 7:00, 6:00, 6:00, 11:00, 12:00, 4:00 = 60:00
Source: NMS
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Vocal Music

6 SONGS for medium voice and piano

Texts by Gunnar Björling, Dan Andersson, Sten Selander, Ingeborg Björklund, and Jarl Hemmer

Composition: 1935

Premiere: ???

Duration: 15:00

Source: NMS

Discography

24 BARFOTASÅNGER (Barefoot songs) for voice and piano

Texts by the composer

Composition: 1943-45

Premiere: December 1968 (1st time complete)

Duration: 60:00

Source: NMS

Score: W. Hansen, 1978 (NMS 6480)

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Arrangement (6 songs) for unaccompanied mixed chorus by Eskil Hemberg.

By request of the composer, 1969

Score: W. Hansen, 1975 (WH-152)

Discography

VOX HUMANA [cantata]

For 4 vocal soloists, mixed chorus, and string orchestra; texts by Latin American and South American Indian poets, in Swedish translation

Composition: 1974

Premiere: 19 March 1976

Marianne Mellnäs, soprano; Margot Rödin, alto; Sven-Erik Alexandersson, tenor; Erland Hagegård, baritone; Swedish Radio Chorus; Swedish Radio Symphony Orch., Stig Westerberg, cond.

Duration: 50:00

Source: STIM

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Ballets

Rapport
Premiere: 13 Nov. 1976
Music: Symphony no. 7.

Vid urskogens rand
Premiere: 2 June 1977
Music: Concerto for string orchestra no. 1.

Krigsdanser
Premiere: 2 June 1979
Music: Symphony no. 9.
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