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. 4 (After Shakespeare)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
IV. szimfónia (Shakespeare nyomában)
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 4 (After Shakespeare)
Year of composition
2014

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch.
Instrumentation
Bar. - pf. - symphony orchestra
Duration
38 min

Movements, parts
1. Szonáta / Sonata
2. Macbeth monológ / Macbeth monologue
3. Mercutio - Kettős Scherzo / Mercutio - Double Scherzo
4. Prospero búcsúja - Rondó / Prospero´s farewell - Rondeau

Text
SHAKESPEARE, William
Language
English
Premiere information
20 May 2015, Bartók Radio, Budapest; Laborfalvi Soós Béla (Bar.), Zsuzsanna Kollár (pf.), MR Symphony Orchestra, János Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
MR Hungarian Radio, 2015 (Recording of the premiere)