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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.

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Hesperus

Composer
Bella Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Hesperus
Foreign language / English title
Hesperus
Subtitle
For solo viola and ensemble
Year of composition
2017
Type
Concerto
Number of players
13
Instrumentation
vla. solo - 2 fl., 2 cl. - arpa - strings: 3 vl., vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Ensemble InterContemporain
Premiere information
16 February 2019, Studio 104 de Radio France, Paris; Odile Auboin (vla.), Ensemble intercontemporain, Dylan Corlay (cond.)

18 May 2021, Concert: Imaginary Conversations", Budapest Music Center; Péter Bársony (vla.), UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Gergely Vajda (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 2017, B-87 (Z. 15073)
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 2019 - Odile Auboin (vla.), Ensemble intercontemporain, Dylan Corlay (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)