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Faust Groteske

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
Faust Groteske
Foreign language / English title
Faust Groteske
Subtitle
For Symphony Orchestra with Dvd-player
Year of composition
2011
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - pf. - perc. (3 esec.) - Dvd-player, screen, loudspeakers - strings: 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Prológus: Online üzenet (Videó) / Prolog: Online (Video)
2. Torz Mephistopheles / Distorted Mephistopheles
3. Torz Gretchen / Distorted Gretchen
4. Torz Faust / Distorted Faust
Premiere information
8 February 2011, New Hungarian Music Forum Composition Competition, Palace of Arts, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest; Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Keller (cond.) (Title: "The Faust´s in the Enchanted Castle)
Publisher / Source
Edition Musica Budapest © 2011, Z. 14 767
Available here!
Recordings
Budapest Music Center BMC PCD 28, 2011 - New Hugarian Music Forum Composition Competition 2011, Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Keller (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Prológus
2 2. Torz Mephistopheles
3 3. Torz Gretchen
4 4. Torz Faust
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2008 - 2011

The piece was written for the New Hungarian Music Forum Composition Competition 2011 and won 1st Prize in the Orchestral Category (Title: "The Faust´s in the Enchanted Castle)

About Video Prologue:
Audio realisation - Balázs Horváth, film realisation - Péter Sebők

See also arranged version of Movement I: Video Prolog