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Title of the work

Monochrome

Composer
Tornyai Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Monochrome
Foreign language / English title
Monochrome
Subtitle
Concerto (be)for(e) piano - For "Pianist" and Orchestra
Year of composition
2013
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. (anche 2 trg.) - 2 fl. (II anche fl.a., picc.), ob., 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. (II anche trb.b.) - perc. (3 esec. - timp., 2 vibr., 3 gr.c., 2 tam-tam, 2 ptto., ptto.sosp., xil., crot., 3 bongo, 3 tom-tom, frusta, tmb.picc.c.c., 2 wood bl., 2 camp., rain-stick) - arpa - strings: 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla. (anche bike-bell), 4 cb. (anche bike-bell)

+ 5 spatially segregated instrumental groups:
Group A: arpa
Group B: 2 ob., fg.
Group C: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla.
Group D: cb., perc. (1 esec. - trg., tmb.picc.c.c., ptp.)
Group E: 2 cor., tr., trb.

+ 2 mobile phone
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Expozíció és "hiú ábrándok eloszlása" / Exposition and "slipping away false hopes"
2. Kidolgozás "szabadulási kísérletek" gyűrődéseivel / Development with foldings of "release attempt"
3. Historikus kollázs ("róla vagy szemüvegén keresztül") / Historic collage ("about him or through his spectacles")
4. Repríz és megváltás / Repsire and redemption
Premiere information
26 September 2013, UMZF (New Hungarian Music Forum) Composers Competition, Bartók Béla National Concert Hall, Müpa Palace of Arts, Budapest; Péter Kiss (2 trg., pf.), Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Premiere broadcasted by the Hungarian Television (Video available on youtube.com)
1 min. sample
1 Monochrome
Remarks, other info
Finalist composition in the Orchestral Category of the 2013 UMZF (New Hungarian Music Forum) Composers Competition in Budapest