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

Golden Rod


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Aranyág
Foreign language / English title
Golden Rod
Subtitle
Concerto for harpsichord, percussion and string orchestra
Year of composition
1986

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
cemb. - perc. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduzione: Adagio molto
2. Allegro - Allegretto grazioso, quasi tempo di Menuetto - Vivace - Allegretto preciso
3. Lento
4. Allegro vivace - Menuetto grazioso - Allegro
5. Tempo di Siziliano

Premiere information
April 1987, Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), Romania; Ecaterina Botár (cemb.), Chamber Orchestra of the Transylvanian Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca, Paul Staicu (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Concertos Vol. II., Grafycolor Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2006
Recordings
Archive records 6, Concertos 4 11
Remarks, other info
Concerto nr. 7 from the cycle "L´estro armonico moderno"