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

Partita per archi / Partita for Strings


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Partita per archi / Partita vonósokra
Foreign language / English title
Partita per archi / Partita for Strings
Year of composition
1967

Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduzione - Presto
2. Aria - Adagio
3. Drammatico - Con fuoco
4. Nenia - Andante
5. Passacaglia - Vivace

Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
1967, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Hungarian Radio and Televison Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)

13 October 1968, Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, S-21 (Z. 10121)
Avaiable here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32487, 2008 - Hungarian Radio and Televison Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)