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Title of the work

Die kleine Klemme, Op.15b / The Small Snag, Op. 15b

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
A kis csáva, Op. 15b
Foreign language / English title
Die kleine Klemme, Op.15b / The Small Snag, Op. 15b
Subtitle
Für Pikkoloflöte, Posaune und Gitar / For piccolo, trombone and guitar
Dedication
to Botond Kocsis
Year of composition
1978
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
picc., trb., chit.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Fanfár Muszorgszkij modorában / Fanfare in the manner of Moussorgsky
2. Himnusz Stravinsky modorában / Hymne in the manner of Stravinsky
3. Scherzo
4. Nachtstück (В подполье c Федором Михайловичем [V podpol´e s Fedorom Mihajlovičem])
Premiere information
27 April 1979, Budapest; Mátyás Antal (picc.), Erika Bereczki (trb.), Erzsébet Nagy (chit.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1981, Z. 12 020 (playing score)
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Recordings
Bridge Records BCD-9004, 1987 - David Taylor (trb.), Susan Palma (picc.), David Starobin (chit.)
Channel Classics CD CCS SA 22305, 2004 - Jörgen van Rijen (trb.), Vincent Cortvrint (picc.), Helenus de Rijke (chit.)