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

Suite


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szvit
Foreign language / English title
Suite
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1954

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
2 fl., picc., 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (ptti., xil.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
23 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Vivo
4. Allegretto
5. Presto

Premiere information
14 April 1956, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian State Orchestra, László Somogyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1958, S-16 and Z. 2797
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32487, 2008 - Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Suite compiled from materials of the unfinished opera "Zrínyi"