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

Festival Overture


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Erkel nyitány
Foreign language / English title
Festival Overture
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
2016

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
orch.
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
Hungarian State Opera House for the 2017 New Year´s Gala Concert
Premiere information
1 January 2017, New Year´s Gala Concert, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS - Copyrigth 2016 by Bálint Karosi
Available here!
Recordings
Live video-recording of the premiere, 2017 - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)