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

The Piper´s Wedding


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Piper´s Wedding
Foreign language / English title
The Piper´s Wedding
Subtitle
For wind quintet and symphonic band
Year of composition
1979

Type
Wind orchestra
Instrumentation
fl., ob., cl., fg., cor. soli - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), ob., 3 cl., cl.b., sax.a., sax.t., sax.bar., fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., cor.bar., tuba - timp., perc. (4 esec.: gr.c., crot., xil., tmb.mlt., tambourine, bongo, ptti.)
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
Rikskonserter
Premiere information
17 March 1981, Fristad, Sweden; Borås´ Blåskvintett, Fristad Symphonic Band, Jan Rydbäck (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 103967
Available here!
Recordings
Imogena Records 408561, 1995 - Göteborgsmusiken, Jerker Johansson (cond.)