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Besardo Suite [No. 2]

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Besardo Suite [No. 2]
Foreign language / English title
Besardo Suite [No. 2]
Subtitle
For string orchestra
Year of composition
1942
Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings
Duration
14 min
Movements, parts
1. Intrada. Grave
2. Guillemette – Chorea Rustica. Allegretto moderato
3. Gaillarda Dolorata. Larghetto
4. Branle Commun. Allegretto
5. Madrigale. Lento espressivo
6. Courante de Guerre – Canaries. Allegro vivace
Premiere information
3 December 1945, Wigmore Hall, London; Boyd Neel Orchestra
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Ltd., London (Material on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7207, 2008 - Manchester Chamber Ensemble, Richard Howarth (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on tunes from Jean-Baptiste Besard´s "Thesaurus Harmonicus" (published in 1603)