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

Sándor Weöres´ Twelfth Symphony


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Weöres Sándor Tizenkettedik szimfóniája
Foreign language / English title
Sándor Weöres´ Twelfth Symphony
Subtitle
For (mezzo)soprano voice and percussion
Year of composition
1980

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - perc. (2 esec.: crot., campli., camp., vibr., 3 ptto.sosp., 3 gong, 6 tom-tom, trg., ptto.picc., tamb., wood bl.)
Duration
12 min

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
26 May 1983, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Váczi (perc.)

4 October 1983, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Váczi (perc.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, Hungarian Radio, 1983 - Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Váczi (perc.)
Hungaroton, SLPX-12556, 1986 - Adrienne Csengery (S.), Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Váczi (perc.)
1 min. sample
1 The Twelfth Symphony of Weöres Sándor