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

Gloomy Sunday Variations


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szomorú vasárnap variációk
Foreign language / English title
Gloomy Sunday Variations
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
"to Péter with love for the 75th"
Year of composition
2018

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (2 esec.: tmb.mlt., trg., gr.c., maracas, camplo., xil., flex.) - arpa, pf., cel. - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 5 cb.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
11 February 2019, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2019, V-47 (Other reference: Z. 15113, on rental)
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