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Concertino for harp and string orchestra (or string quartet)

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Concertino hárfára és vonószenekarra (vagy vonósnégyesre)
Foreign language / English title
Concertino for harp and string orchestra (or string quartet)
Year of composition
1937
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
arpa solo - strings
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Premiere information
11 March 1937, Pesti Vígadó (Redoute of Budapest); Anna Molnár (arpa), Jenő Kenessey (cond.)
Publisher / Source
AFPublishing (MS by András Farkas) (score & performance material)
Universal Edition © 1984, UE18076 (piano reduction)
Available here!
Recordings
BIEM-Artisjus OP1-CD 001, 2005 - Melinda Felletár (arpa), Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Béla Drahos (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1936-1937, revised: 1956
Version for string orchestra: 1994
See also original version:
Concertino - For harp and orchestra