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

Queen Mab


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Mab királynő
Foreign language / English title
Queen Mab
Subtitle
Concerto for bassoon and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1989

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
fg. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
1. Dreams - Affettuoso, intimo
2. Pasions - Allegro ruvido - Andante - Allegro ruvido
3. Dalliances - Allegretto
4. Silkiness - Andante mesto
5. Rock and roll - Presto

Premiere information
Laura Feier (fg.), Chamber Orchestra of Bucharest Broadcasting Corporation, Ludovic Bács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Concertos Vol. II., Grafycolor Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2006
Recordings
Archive records 8 Concertos 5 15
Remarks, other info
Concerto nr. 12 from the cycle "L´estro armonico moderno"