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

Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra / Rapszódia klarinétra és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
Year of composition
1950

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
cl. solo - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - arpa, pf., cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
The Foundation for the Creative Arts
Premiere information
21 August 1996, Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg, South-Africa; Robert Pickup (cl.), SABC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Cock (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Amarantha Records AR 013, 1996 - Robert Pickup (cl.), SABC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Cock (cond.) (Live recording of the premiere)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1948 - 1950, revised: 1995