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

Musica concertante per 12 archi / Musica concertante for 12 Srings


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Musica concertante per 12 archi / Musica concertante 12 vonóshangszerre
Foreign language / English title
Musica concertante per 12 archi / Musica concertante for 12 Srings
Year of composition
1966

Type
String orchestra
Number of players
12
Instrumentation
strings: 4 vl. 1, 3 vl. 2, 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
23 min

Movements, parts
1. Improvisation
2. Méditation
3. Action

Premiere information
28 October 1966, Bern; Camerata Bern
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 6598 (large or medium score on sale); 6599 (on hire)
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Recordings
MGB CTS-M 16, 1985 - Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
ECM 447 390-2, 1995 - Camerata Bern, Heinz Holliger (cond.)