Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Metamorphoses


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Metamorphoses
Foreign language / English title
Metamorphoses
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1979

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 3 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp. perc. - arpa - strings
Duration
16 min

Movements, parts
1. Sostenuto
2. Allegro
3. Andante cantabile
4. Allegro vivace

Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
26 November 1979, Győri Zenei Hét (Győr Music Week), Hungary; Győr Symphony Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 10239 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton Classic SLPX 12134, 1986 - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Metamorphoses