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

Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 62


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 62
Foreign language / English title
Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 62
Subtitle
(Deuxiéme Sinfonietta) pour orchestre a cordes / (Second Sinfonietta) for string orchestra
Dedication
"á Guy Turbet-Delof"
Year of composition
1956

Type
Chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
24 min

Movements, parts
1. Tres vif
2. Lent et calme
3. Prestissimo

Premiere information
1956, Hamburg, Nordeutscher Rundfunk

17 April 1957, Budapest; János Ferencsik (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1957, A.L. 21.735
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 189, 2014 - Budapest Chamber Symphony, Péter Csaba (cond.)
Koch Schwann 3-1360-2 H1, 1994 - Ensemble Orchestral Harmonia Nova, Didier Bouture (cond.)