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Querela pacis (Symphony No.2)

Composer
Doráti Antal
Original / Hungarian title
Querela pacis (II. szimfónia)
Foreign language / English title
Querela pacis (Symphony No.2)
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1985
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
4 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 4 cl. (anche cl.s. and cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.)- 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp. (2 esec.) - perc (5 esec. - trg., gr.c., 3 tmb.picc.c.c., 2 ptto.sosp., 2 gong, tam-tam, bell) - arpa, pf., org. pedal - strings: 16 vl. 1, 14 vl. 2, 12 vla., 10 vlc., 8 cb. - string quartet (unseen, backstage)
Duration
28 min
Movements, parts
1. Sostenuto assai (... peccata mundi ...)
2. Allegro molto agitato (... dies ilia ...)
3. Andante molto tranquitto (.. . dona nobis ... )
Commissioned by
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Premiere information
24 April 1986, Ford Auditorium, Detroit (Michigan), USA; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Günther Herbig (cond.)

14 May 1986, Amsterdam; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Müller & Schade © 2009, M&S 1603.60
Available here!
Recordings
BIS CD-408, 1988 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I.
2 II.
3 III.