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.

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Title of the work

Officium breve, Op. 28

Composer

Kurtág György

Original / Hungarian title

Officium breve, Op. 28

Foreign language / English title

Officium breve, Op. 28

Subtitle

in memoriam Andreae Szerványszky - For string quartet

Dedication

to Wilfried Brennecke

Year of composition

1989

Type

Chamber Music

Number of players

Instrumentation

strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.

Duration

12 min

Movements, parts

1. Largo - In memoriam Turcsányi Tibor
2. Più andante - In memoriam Baranyay Zsolt
3. Sostenuto, quasi giusto
4. Grave, molto sostenuto
5. Presto - Fantasie über die Harmonien des Webern-Kanons
6. Molto agitato - Canon a 4
7. Sehr fließend - Canon a 2 (frei nach Op. 31/VI von Webern)
8. Lento - In memoriam Gabriella Garzó
9. Largo
10. Sehr fließend - Webern: Kanon a 4 Op. 31/VI
11. Sostenuto - In memoriam György Szoltsányi
12. Sostenuto, quasi giusto
13. Sostenuto, con slancio
14. Disperato, vivo
15. Larghetto - Arioso interrotto (di Endre Szervánszky)

Commissioned by

Witten Festival (Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik)

Premiere information

22 April 1990, Witten Festival, Witten, Germany; Auryn Quartet: Matthias Lingenfelder (vl.), Jens Oppermann (vl.), Stewart Eaton (vla.), Andreas Arndt (vlc.)

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Recordings

DISQUES MONTAIGNE 789007, 1991 (2nd release: AUDIVIS, MONTAIGNE MO 789007); ECM (NEW SERIES) 1598 [453 258-2], 1996

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1 1. Largo - In memoriam Turcsányi Tibor