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Alhambra

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Alhambra
Foreign language / English title
Alhambra
Subtitle
Violin concerto No. 3
Dedication
to Isabelle Faust and Pablo Heras-Casado
Year of composition
2018
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vl. solo - 2 fl., (I anche picc., II anche picc. and fl.a.), 2 ob., 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), sax.bar., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - perc. (2 esec.: campli., crot., xil., vibr., camp., 3 trg., tambourine, maracas, claves) - mand., arpa, cel. - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 5 vlc., 3 cb.
Duration
24 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, BBC Radio 3, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie de Paris
Premiere information
12 July 2019, Palacio de Carlos V, Granada, Spain; Isabelle Faust (vl.), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (cond.)

8 May 2021, Liszt Academy, Budapest; Isabelle Faust (vl.), Concerto Budapest, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2019, 58 559 (Performance material)
Available here!
Recordings
Live recording, 2019 Paris - Isabelle Faust (vl.), Orchestre de Paris, Pablo Heras-Casado (cond.) (Sample available at www.eotvospeter.com)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902655, 2021 - Isabelle Faust (vl.), Orchestre de Paris, Pablo Heras-Casado (cond.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Harmonia Mundi