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MAGNETS IV/b (round and round)

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
MAGNETS IV/b (round and round)
Foreign language / English title
MAGNETS IV/b (round and round)
Dedication
UMZE Ensemble, Zsolt Nagy
Year of composition
2003
Type
Ensemble
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
fl. or fl.a. or picc., cl. in Si b, sax.t. - trb. - vl., vla., vlc., cb. - perc. ( 2 esec. - 2 tmb. di legno Afr., 2*2 pieces of Styropor, 2 crot. (gis and C), 2 wood bl., 2 tmb.picc.c.c., 2 tom-tom, 2 bottle (e.g. champaign bottles), 2 ptto.ch. - one of these instruments to each player)
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Hungarian Cultural Centre, London
Premiere information
30 November 2003, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; UMZE Ensemble, Zsolt Nagy (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14 427 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
BBC 3, 2003 (concert recording)
1 min. sample
1 MAGNETS IVb (round and round)
Remarks, other info
Huddersfield Version

The composer was awarded by Istvánffy Benedek-prize for this piece in 2004, given by the Hungarian Composers’ Association