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

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. Hegedűverseny, Op. 19
Foreign language / English title
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19
Subtitle
For violin and orchestra
Year of composition
1932

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vl. solo - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp. - strings
Duration
25 min

Movements, parts
1. Maestoso, con moto
2. Allegro non tanto, molto risoluto
3. Omaggio a Benedetto Marcello. Adagio
4. Presto, con fuoco

Premiere information
21 March 1935
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1972, Z. 10149
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-12313, 1981 - Mária Bálint (vl.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1932, revised: 1971