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

Sinfonia a variazione


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sinfonia a variazione
Foreign language / English title
Sinfonia a variazione
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1970

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc., ptto., trg., tam-tam, xil., vibr.) - cel., pf., arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
6 May 1971, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Miklós Erdélyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1975, Z. 10172 and S-53
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31189, 1996 - Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, András Ligeti (cond.)