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

"Spellbound" Concerto - For Piano and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
"Spellbound" (Elbűvölve) Concerto - Zongorára és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
"Spellbound" Concerto - For Piano and Orchestra
Year of composition
1946

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - perc. - arpa., theremin, cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro energico
2. Adagio
3. Vigoroso

Commissioned by
Leonard Pennario
Premiere information
1960, Leonard Pennario (pf.), Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Miklós Rózsa (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Alfred Rental Library (Rental agent)
Available here!
Recordings
1960 - Leonard Pennario (pf.), Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Miklós Rózsa (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Spellbound Concerto
Remarks, other info
After the music of the movie "Spellbound" by Alfred Hitchcock