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Six Orchestral Pieces

Composer
Szervánszky Endre
Original / Hungarian title
Hat zenekari darab
Foreign language / English title
Six Orchestral Pieces
Dedication
"To My Wife"
Year of composition
1959
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., picc., 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - arpa, cel. - 2 timp., perc. (8 esec. - trg., cas., tmb.b., tmb.picc., tmb.picc.c.c., ptti., gr.c., tam-tam, xil.) - strings: 9 vl. 1, 9 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 3 cb.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
1. Lento
2. Allegro assai
3. Adagio molto
4. Vivace
5. Allegro
6. Allegro molto
Premiere information
1960; János Ferencsik (cond.)
Publisher / Source
EMB © 1966, Z. 5115
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31728, 2000 (Recorded in 1965) - Hungarian State Orchestra, Gyula Borbély (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Used also in the dance-scene "Metamorphose" based on the coerography by Zoltán Imre at the Szeged National Theater in 1966