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

Al tramonto del mondo / At the Twilight of the World


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Al tramonto del mondo / A világ alkonyán
Foreign language / English title
Al tramonto del mondo / At the Twilight of the World
Subtitle
For cimbalom and string orchestra
Dedication
to Ágnes Szakály and Gábor Baross
Year of composition
1984

Type
Chamber orchestra
Number of players
14
Instrumentation
cimb. - strings: 4 vl. 1, 4 vl. 2, 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
ELTE University Orchestra
Premiere information
1985; Ágnes Szakály (cimb.), ELTE University Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Baross (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS (Available at the Budapest Music Center´s Library)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaraton SLPX-31127, 1990 - Ágnes Szakály (cimb.), Chamber Ensemble of the Hungarian Radio and Television, András Ligeti (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Al tramanto del mondo
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Works for cimbalom by Hungarian Contemporary Composers Hungaroton