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. 3 - Sinfonia da Requiem


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
3. szimfónia - Sinfonia da Requiem
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia da Requiem
Year of composition
1980

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., B.Bar. solo - mixed choir - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob., 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 4 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa, cel., pf., campli. - timp., perc. (4 esec. - vibr., 3 camp., crot., 3 bongo, gong, tam-tam, ptto.sosp., 3 tom-tom, 2 tmb.picc., trg., 3 bell) - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 8 cb.
Duration
38 min

Movements, parts
I - II

Text
NAGY, László
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1987, S-18 and Z. 10 271
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton, SLPX 12645, 1987 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1979 - 1980

Based on two Poems by László Nagy: "Who´ll Ferry Love to the Yonder Shore" and "Chorus"