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Sinfonia Concertante

Composer
Pártos Ödön
Original / Hungarian title
Sinfonia Concertante
Foreign language / English title
Sinfonia Concertante
Subtitle
For viola and orchestra
Year of composition
1962
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vla solo. - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 2 cl., cl.b., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - perc. - arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Tranquillo
2. Con brio
3. Vivace
4. Lento
Commissioned by
Israel Composers´ Fund
Premiere information
August 1963, International Conference on "East and West in Music", Jerusalem; Ödön Pártos (vla.), Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra, Gary Bertini (cond.)

November 1963, London; Ödön Pártos (vla.), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)

Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute 1963, I.M.I. 038 (Piano reduction: I.M.I. 038b)
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