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.

Search
New search
Title of the work

Alabama March

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Alabama March
Foreign language / English title
Alabama March
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Dedication
to Gregory Vajda and the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra on the bicentennial year of state Alabama
Year of composition
2019
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (I, II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., ptti. )- strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
27 September 2019, Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA; Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Gregory Vajda (cond.)

29 January 2023, Grand Hall, Liszt Academy, Budapest; Dohnányi Orchestra, Martin Rajna (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2019, Z. 15117
Available here!
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 2019 - Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Gregory Vajda (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Interview with Máté Balogh the composition: https://www.ump.emb.hu/en/page/composers/Balogh_Alabama