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

Colloids


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kolloidok
Foreign language / English title
Colloids
Subtitle
For flute, 5 contraltos and chamber ensemble
Dedication
to Susan and Klaus Huber
Year of composition
1968

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
13
Instrumentation
fl. solo - 5 A. voice - fl. (anche picc.), fg. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla. 1, vla. 2, vlc.
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Sostenuto assai
2. Piú mosso, agitato
3. Adagio molto
4. L´istesso tempo, tenebroso
5. Andante sost. subito
6. Adagio assai
7. Sostenuto, magico
8. Vivacissimo possibile
9. Tempo libero

Premiere information
12 April 1969, Boswill, Radio Zürich, Switzerland
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1971, Z. 10084
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Recordings
Radio Zürich, 1969 (Recording of the premirere)
Hungaroton SLPX-11982, 1979 - Attila Lajos (fl.), Budapest Chamber Ensemble, Female Chamber Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, András Mihály (cond.)