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Verkündigung / Annunciation

Composer
Gyöngyösi Levente
Original / Hungarian title
Verkündigung
Foreign language / English title
Verkündigung / Annunciation
Subtitle
5 Symphonic Pictures for Orchestra from "The Book of Pictures" by Rainer Maria Rilke
Dedication
to the 10th Anniversary of the Danubia Symphony Orchestra
Year of composition
2001
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - cel. arpa - 4 timp., perc. (vibr., trg., bell., crot., 2 tmb.picc., 3 ptto.sosp., tam-tam, gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
1. Vorgefühl / Megérzés / Divination
2. Ernste Stunde / Komoly óra / Serious Hour
3. Die Liebende / A szeretők / The Lovers
4. Die Engel / Az angyal / The Angel
5. Verkündigung / Üzenet / Annunciation
Commissioned by
Domonkos Héja and the Danubia Symphony Orchestra
Premiere information
23 May 2003, 10th Anniversary of the Danubia Symphony Orchestra, Music Academy, Budapest; Danubia Symphony Orchestra, Domonkos Héja (cond.)

7 June 2007, Seattle, USA; Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. K-0067 (© Levente Gyöngyösi, 2001)
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere (Available at www.gyongyosilevente.hu)