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...concertante... Op. 42

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
...concertante... Op. 42
Foreign language / English title
...concertante... Op. 42
Subtitle
For violin, viola and symphony orchestra
Dedication
“Composed for and dedicated to Hiromi Kikuchi and Ken Hakii”
Year of composition
2003
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vl. solo, vla. solo - 2 fl., picc. (anche fl. III), fl.a. in sol (anche fl. IV), fl.b. in do (anche fl. V), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl. in si b (II anche cl. in mi b), cl.b. in si b, 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor. in fa, 3 tr. in do, 3 trb., tuba - cimb., arpa, cel., pnino. con pedale di supersordino (anche pf.), vibr., marimba, xil., timp., perc. (5 esec.: crot., tam-tam grave, 1 / 3 tam-tam piccolo sommerso nell´ acqua, 4 ptto., 3 bongo, 3 tom-tom, steel drum, gong, frusta, wood bl., camp.lst., 3 trg., gr.c., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., tamb.) - strings: 14 vl. 1, 14 vl. 2, 12 vla., 10 vlc., 8 cb.
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
I. FANTASIA...
[Bars 1–59] Senza tempo - Sostenuto, parlando, pulsato
II. [Bars 60–201] Vivo, agitato -
[Bars 202–212] Recitativo
III. [Bars 213–236] Choral (quasi “Trio”)
[Bars 237–254] Ricapitulazione
IV. CODA
[Bars 255–284] Recitativo, ed...
V. [Bars 285–313] ... epilogo...
Commissioned by
Léonie Sonning Foundation
Premiere information
18 September 2003, Danish Radio, Copenhagen; Hiromi Kikuchi (vl.), Ken Hakii (vla.), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwand (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 2005, Z. 14392
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Recordings
BMC CD 129, 2007 - Hiromi Kikuchi (vl.), Ken Hakii (vla.), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1.
2 2.
3 3.
4 4.
5 5.
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2002 - 2003, revised in 2007

The performance rights of the violin and viola solo parts have been reserved for Hiromi Kikuchi and Ken Hakii until the end of 2006. The conducting rights for the first performances in the UK and Italy have been reserved for Zoltán Peskó until without time limitation.

University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2006
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records