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

Piano Concerto


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Zongoraverseny
Foreign language / English title
Piano Concerto
Subtitle
For piano and symphony orchestra
Dedication
to Lord Eduard Boyle
Year of composition
1981

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), ob., cl. (III cl.b.) - 2 cor., 3 tr. (III anche tr.picc.), 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (3 esec. - tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., tambourine, side drum, 3 tom-tom, 2 ptti.sosp., tam-tam, chinese gong, gr.c., camp., xil.) - cel. (anche campli.), arpa, org. continuo (ad lib.) - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb. (cb. c c. in do)
Duration
25 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
1984, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Dezső Ránki (pf.), Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1983, Z. 10250; (Reduction for two pianos) Z. 12582
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31818, 1999 - Klára Körmendi (pf.), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Lionel Friend (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Piano Concerto