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

Symphony No. II.


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Ünnepi nyitány (2. Szimfónia)
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. II.
Dedication
On the occasion of the Hungarian National Day of 15th March and the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian democratic revolution in 1848
Year of composition
2008

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
double mixed choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - strings
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III

Text
PETŐFI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Government of the Republic of Hungary
Premiere information
15th March 2008, Palace of Arts, Budapest; Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, National Choir, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS