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Festive Overture

Composer
Dávid Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
Ünnepi előjáték
Foreign language / English title
Festive Overture
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1972
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc (ptti., ptto.sosp., trg., tmb.picc.) - arpa - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Budapest Municipal Council for the 100th anniversary of the unification of three towns Pest, Buda and Óbuda into the city of Budapest
Premiere information
25 October 1972, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungatian State Symphony Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest D-87, (Score: Z. 10162)
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-11699, 1973 - Hungatian State Symphony Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)