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Doppelkonzert / Double Concerto

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Doppelkonzert / Kettősverseny
Foreign language / English title
Doppelkonzert / Double Concerto
Subtitle
/ Für Flöte, Oboe und Orchester / For flute, oboa and orchestra
Dedication
to Walther Schmieding
Year of composition
1972
Type
Concerto
Number of players
35
Instrumentation
fl. (anche fl.ca., fl.b.), ob. solo - 3 fl. (I-III anche picc.), 3 ob. (II anche ob. d´amore, III anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl. in mi b), cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 2 cor., tr., trb.tb. - perc. (1 esec. - campli., xil., vibr.) - arpa, cel. - strings: 4 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Calmo, con tenerezza
2. Allegro corrente - Poco Rubato - Presto capriccioso
Commissioned by
Berlin Festival 1972
Premiere information
16 September 1972, Berlin Festival; Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester, Christoph von Dohnányi (cond.), Karlheinz Zöller (fl.), Lothar Koch (ob.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, Mainz © 1974 (renewed in 2002), ED 6338 (Score), Schott ED 6599 (Solo Parts), performance material on hire
Available here!
Recordings
Deutsche Grammophon CD477 644-3, 2006
BIS Recods BIS-53, 1994 - Gunilla Von Bahr (fl.), Torleif Lännerholm (ob.), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Howarth (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Calmo, con tenerezza
2 2. Allegro corrente
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
Wergo
BIS Records
Deutsche Grammophon