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

Suite for Piano


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Suite for Piano / Zongoraszvit
Foreign language / English title
Suite for Piano
Year of composition
1995

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
21 min

Movements, parts
1. Prelude / Preludium
2. Passacaglia
3. Interlude I. / Interludium I.
4. Nachtwalzer
5. Midnight - Sarabande / Éjfél - Sarabande
6. Interlude II. / Interludium II.
7. Hajdú dance / Hajdútánc
8. Dirge / Sirató
9. Postlude / Postludium

Premiere information
4 November 1996, Old Academy of Music, Budapest; Dóra Bizják (pf.) (Non-official premiere)

31 January 1997, Hungarian Institute, Paris; Dóra Bizják (pf.) (Official premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyright 1995 by Tamás Beischer-Matyó
Available here!
Recordings
Live recording, 1996 - Dóra Bizják (pf.) (Complete work)
Cavalli Records, 2002 - Andreas Weimer (pf.) (Excerpts (Night wlatz, Hajdu Dance, Dirge, Postlude)