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

Soirées imaginaires, Op. 38 / Evenings imaginary, Op. 38


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Soirées imaginaires, Op. 38 / Esti képzelgések, Op. 38
Foreign language / English title
Soirées imaginaires, Op. 38 / Evenings imaginary, Op. 38
Subtitle
For large orchestra
Year of composition
1981

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - strings
Duration
20 min

Movements, parts
1. Moderato tranquillo (...du côté de Venise...)
2. Allegro vivace (...Mendelssohniana...)
3. Lento (...soirée en blanc et rouge...)
4. Allegretto vivace (...un soir à venir...)

Commissioned by
Salzburg Festival
Premiere information
18 August 1981, Salzburg Festival, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg; Mozarteum-Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Doblinger - Musikhaus und Verlag, D.Stp. 621
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Recordings
Minnesota Composers Forum
Austrian Broadcasting Company - Landesstudio Steiermark