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Concerto for Tuba

Composer
Bogár István
Original / Hungarian title
Tubaverseny
Foreign language / English title
Concerto for Tuba
Subtitle
For tuba and piano (symphonic band or symphony orchestra)
Dedication
to Károly Gréts
Year of composition
1963
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
tuba solo - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., cl.picc., 6 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg., 2 sax.a., 2 sax.t., sax.bar. - 4 cor., 6 flic., 2 tr., flic.t., 3 trb., euph., 2 tuba, tuba cb. - arpa - 3 timp., perc. (xil., vibr., trg., ptti., tmb.picc.) - or pf. or symphony orchestra
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
1. Grave - Allegro
2. Largo
3. Rondo. Allegretto scherzando
Premiere information
1963, Graduation Concert, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Károly Gréts (tuba), István Bogár (pf.) (Original version with piano)

1968, Graduation Concert, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; László Szabó (tuba), István Bogár (pf.)

1976, Budapest; László Szabó (tuba), Budapest Symphonic Band, Viktor Vaszy (cond.) (Version with symphonic band)

May 1985, Graduation Concert, Grand Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; József Bazsinka (tuba), Musicians of the Opera and Radio Orchestras, János Kovács (cond.) (Version with symphony orchestra)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, B-42 (Version with symphonic band)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 1978 - László Szabó (tuba), Symphonic Band of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Viktor Vaszy (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD-31612, 1995 - József Bazsinka (tuba), Budapest Symphonic Band, László Marosi (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Grave - Allegro
2 2. Largo
3 3. Rondo. Allegretto scherzando
Remarks, other info
Arranged in 1976 for symphonic band, in 1985 for symphony orchestra
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Contemporary Hungarian Wind Music Hungaroton