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

Sette Pezzi / Seven Pictures


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sette Pezzi / Hét kép
Foreign language / English title
Sette Pezzi / Seven Pictures
Subtitle
For Orchestra from the ballet "Maddalena"
Year of composition
1961

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 trb., 3 tr., tuba - timp., perc. (5 esec. - 4 ptti., 3 gong., 3 tam-tam, gr.c., 3 tambourine, trg., frusta, 5 conga, vibr., xil., campli.) - arm., pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
1. Prelude / Előjáték
2. Assault / Támadás
3. Drift / Sodródás
4. Passion / Szenvedély
5. Sorcery / Boszorkányság
6. Flight and Asylum / Repülés és menedék
7. Epilogue / Epilógus

Premiere information
8 September 1963, Besancon Festival, France; Orchestre National de Paris, Antal Doráti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, ESZ 6423 (Material for hire)
Available here!
Recordings
BIS CD-1099, 2002 - Members of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon (cond.)