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

Haendeliana (Händel Rhapsodies)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Haendeliana (Händel-rapszódiák)
Foreign language / English title
Haendeliana (Händel Rhapsodies)
Subtitle
Neo-baroque concerto for viola and chamber orchestra
Dedication
Requiem In memoriam Béla Gy. Szabó
Year of composition
1985

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vla. - perc. (2 esec.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
19 min

Movements, parts
1. Preludium [Theme]
2. Aria, larghetto e piano (Händel: Concerti grossi op. 6, nr. 12)
3. Variationi 1-10
4. Postludium

Premiere information
October 1986, Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), Romania; Mircea Cristescu (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Baroque Concertos - Grafycolor Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2007

MS - Academia de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima” din Cluj-Napoca © 1991 (Lithography, fragments)
Recordings
Archive records 8 Concertos 5 14
Remarks, other info
Concerto nr. 6 from the cycle "L´estro armonico moderno"