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

Symphony No. 1 on a Chorale by Béla Bartók


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. Szimfóna Bartók Béla egy koráljára
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 1 on a Chorale by Béla Bartók
Subtitle
For organ
Dedication
to László Fassang
Year of composition
2012

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
org.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
1. Prelude, Chorale and Variations
2. Night Music
3. Finale

Premiere information
2 September 2012, First Lutheran Church of Boston; Bálint Karosi (org.)

13 July 2013, Franciscan Church, Budapest; Bálint Karosi (org.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live recording, 2016 - Bálint Karosi (org.) (Excerpt available on karosi.org)
Remarks, other info
Based on the chorale in Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra