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

Tema con variazioni, Op. 29a - For Violin, Cello and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Tema con variazioni, Op. 29a - Hegedűre, csellóra és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Tema con variazioni, Op. 29a - For Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Dedication
To Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky
Year of composition
1963

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vl., vlc. solo - 2 ob. - 2 cor. - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
29 September 1963; Jascha Heifetz (vl.), Gregor Piatigorsky (vlc.)
Publisher / Source
Breitkopf & Härtel, EB 6452 (Piano version)
Orchestral scores (Hire material, on request)
Available here!
Recordings
CD 7963-2-RG - Jascha Heifetz (vl.), Gregor Piatigorsky (vlc.), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Walter Hendl (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1958 - 1963

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
SWR Classic