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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

Windsequenzen

Composer

Eötvös Péter

Original / Hungarian title

Windsequenzen / A szél szekvenciái

Foreign language / English title

Windsequenzen

Subtitle

For flute and ensemble

Year of composition

1975

Type

Ensemble

Number of players

Instrumentation

fl. (anche picc., fl.a.), ob. (anche c.ing., wind imitation), 2 cl., cl.b. - tuba - perc. (gr.c.), arm. - cb.

Duration

29 min

Movements, parts

1. Szélcsend I / Windless I
2. A hegyi szél három szekvenciája / Three Sequences of the Mountain Wind
3. A forgószél hét szekvenciája / Seven Sequences of the Whirlwind
4. A hajnali szellő szekvenciája / Sequence of the Morning Breeze
5. A tengeri szél négy szekvenciája - Északi szél / Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - North Wind
6. A tengeri szél négy szekvenciája - Déli szél / Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - South Wind
7. A tengeri szél négy szekvenciája - Kelet-nyugati szél / Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - East-West Wind
8. Szélcsend II / Windless II

Premiere information

21 December 1975, Budapest ("Hommage á Kurtág") (Original version)

8 July 1989, Bartók Festival, Szombathely, Hungary; Ensemble InterContemporain, Peter Eötvös (cond.) (Version 2)

14 September 2002, Cologne; Musikfabrik, Franck Ollu (cond.) (Final version)

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Recordings

BMC CD 092, 2003 - Klangforum Wien: Eva Furrer (fl., fl.a.), Markus Deuter (ob., c.ing., wind imitation), Donna Wagner Molinari (cl.), Bernhard Zachhuber (cl.), Ernesto Molinari (cl.b.), Gérard Buquet (tuba), Uli Fussenegger (cb.), Krassimir Sterev (acc.), Likas Schiske (perc.), Péter Eötvös (cond.)
MTV (Hungarian Television) 1993 (Video, Version 2.)
Hungaroton SLPX-12602, 1985 - István Matuz (fl.), László Sáry, László Szabó, Zoltán Rácz, János Joó, László Vidovszky, Péter Eötvös (Original version)
Hungaroton SLPX-12602, 1985 - István Matuz (fl.), László Sáry (arm.), Zoltán Rácz (gr.c.), János Joó (c.ing.), László Vidovszky (wind imitation), Péter Eötvös (cond.)

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1 Windless I