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Divertimento

Composer
Doráti Antal
Original / Hungarian title
Divertimento
Foreign language / English title
Divertimento
Subtitle
For oboe and orchestra
Year of composition
1976
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
ob. - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 (III anche cl.b.) - 3 tr. - timp., perc. (vibr., xil., 4 tom-tom, tmb.picc.c.c., sandpaper, 4 gong, 2 tam-tam, ptto.sos., guero) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
1. Preludio - Tranquillo, molto rubato
2. Toccata - Allegro
3. Villanella, con Alternativi - Poco Adagio
4. Bergamasca - Presto
5. Menuetto - Moderato
6. Giga - Molto vivace
Commissioned by
Robert Bialek, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Discount Record & Book Store, Washington DC 1976
Premiere information
12 November 1976, Washington D.C., USA; Sara Watkins (ob.), National Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Musikverlag Müller & Schade © 2010, M&S 1758.60
Available here!
Recordings
CD MDG903 1586-6, 2010 - Yeon-Hee Kwak (ob.), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Johannes Goritzki (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Solo-part revised: 1985 - 1986