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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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Altamira

Composer
Durkó Zsolt
Original / Hungarian title
Altamira
Foreign language / English title
Altamira
Subtitle
For chamber choir and orchestra
Dedication
to Olive and John Andrews
Year of composition
1968
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-S-A-A-A-Bar-Bar-Bar-B-B-B) - 3 fl., 3 cl., 2 cl.b., cfg. - tuba - timp., perc. (2 esec. - tmb.picc., cas., gr.c., vibr.) - cel., arpa, 2 pf. - strings: 6-8 vl. 1, 6-8 vl. 2, 6-8 vl. 3, 6-8 vl. 4, 4-6 vla. 1, 4-6 vla. 2, 4-6 vlc. 1, 4-6 vlc. 2, 4-5 cb. 1, 4-5 cb. 2
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
12 May 1969, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1969 - Boosey & Hawkes, London BH 1904
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton, SLPX 11607, 1972 - Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)
Hungaroton, HCD-31654, 1996 - Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Altamira
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Durkó, Zsolt: Altamira; The History of the Spheres; Iconography No.2; Burial Prayer Hungaroton
Hungaroton