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

Concerto No. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Concerto No. 2 / II. brácsaverseny
Foreign language / English title
Concerto No. 2
Subtitle
For viola and orchestra
Year of composition
1957

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vla. solo - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 3 cor., 2 tr., trb. - perc. (3 esec.: trg., xil., vibr., marimba, camp., ptti., tambourine, tam-tam, chinese block, side drum, oriental drum) - pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Maestoso
2. Allegro molto vivo

Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute 1974, I.M.I. 301
Available here!
Recordings
Rivka Golani (vl.), Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Guy Feder (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)