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

Chinese Opera


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Chinese Opera
Foreign language / English title
Chinese Opera
Subtitle
For orchestra / Ensemble
Year of composition
1986

Type
Symphony orchestra
Number of players
28
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (3 esec.) - synth. (Yamaha DX7) - arpa - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min

Movements, parts
1. Overture and Curtains (for Peter Brook)
2. Scene 1 in E and G-sharp (for Luc Bondy)
3. Scene 2 in F and G (for Klaus Michael Grüber)
4. Scene 3 in F-sharp and C, Curtains (for Patrice Chéreau)

Commissioned by
Ensemble InterContemporain
Premiere information
November 1986, Paris; Ensemble InterContemporain, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Salabert Paris © 2002, EAS 18453
Available here!
Recordings
KAIROS 0012082KAI, 2000 - Klangforum Wien, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Erato ECD 75554, 1989 - Ensemble InterContemporain, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Ouverture
2 2. Rideaux et Premiére Scéne
3 3. Deuxiéme Scéne
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1985 - 1986

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kairos
ORF
Erato