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Title of the work

Tales of Uncle Pepin

Composer
Melis László
Original / Hungarian title
Pepin bácsi meséi
Foreign language / English title
Tales of Uncle Pepin
Subtitle
For solo trumpet and big band
Year of composition
2015
Type
Orchestral work
Number of players
19
Instrumentation
tr. solo - cl.b., 4 sax. (sax.s., sax.a., sax.t., sax.bar.) - cor., 4 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - pf., chit. - perc. (drum set, conga, tom-tom) - cb.
Movements, parts
1. Pepin bácsi a nagy honvédő háborúban / Uncle Pepin in the Great Patriotic War
2. Pepin bácsi elszenderedik / Uncle Pepin falls asleep
Premiere information
9 November 2015, Terrace Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, USA; Modern Art Orchestra, Balázs Szalóky (tr.), Kornél Fekete Kovács (cond.)

11 November 2015, Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, USA; Balázs Szalóky (tr.), Modern Art Orchestra, Kornél Fekete Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
FKK Music © 2020
Recordings
9 and 11 November, 2015 (Live recording of the premiere) - Balázs Szalóky (tr.), Modern Art Orchestra, Kornél Fekete Kovács (cond.)