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

Gershwin-Serenade


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Gershwin-szerenád
Foreign language / English title
Gershwin-Serenade
Subtitle
Suite in memoriam Gershwin for percussion, 2 pianos and string orchestra
Year of composition
1986

Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
perc. - 2 pf. - strings
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduction Blues (Adagio molto - Allegro ben ritmato)
2. Stomping Blues (Lento)
3. Rhythm and Blues (Allegretto giocoso)
4. Lullaby Blues (Andante)
5. Tempo di Blues (Lento)
6. Majestical Blues (Allegro ben ritmato)

Premiere information
Timişoara Philarmonic Orchestra, Peter Osantzki (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS - Academia de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima” din Cluj-Napoca © 2000 (Xerox)
Recordings
Archive Records 11, Memorial cycles 1 21