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

Concerto


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Brácsaverseny
Foreign language / English title
Concerto
Subtitle
For viola and orchestra
Dedication
to Pál Lukács
Year of composition
1950

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vla. solo - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr. - arpa - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Adaggio ma non troppo
3. Vivace

Premiere information
1951; Pál Lukács (vla.), Budapest Metropolitan Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1952, D-28 (Z. 10001, score), Z. 627 (Piano reduction)
Available here!
Recordings
Qualiton LPX-1058 - Pál Lukács (vla.), Budapest Metropolitan Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Allegro
2 2. Adaggio ma non troppo
3 3. Vivace