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

Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Concerto alt-szaxofonra és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
Dedication
to John-Edward Kelly
Year of composition
1990

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
sax.a. solo - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Commissioned by
Swedish Boradcasting Corporation
Premiere information
19 January 1991, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden; John-Edward Kelly (sax.a.), Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 125192
Avaiable here!
Recordings
Phonoe Suecia PSCD 23, 1992 - John-Edward Kelly (sax.a.), Radio Prague Symphony Orchestra, Miklós Maros (cond.)