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Title of the work

Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig!

Composer
Varga Judit
Original / Hungarian title
Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig!
Foreign language / English title
Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig!
Subtitle
Kinetic Music for Orchestra
Year of composition
2019
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr. - timp., perc. (2 esec.: gr.c., campli., ptti., contrabass bow, ptto. on timp., temple bl., trg.) - pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
TONALi
Premiere information
6 June 2021, Tonali 2021 - Be|Enigma, Grosser Saal, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; TONALi Orchestra, Garrett Keast (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editions BIM © 2020, ORCH89b
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2021 - TONALi Orchestra, Garrett Keast (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Part of "Be|Enigma" a six part composition by Peter Ruzicka, Manfred Trojahn, Judit Varga, José M. Sánchez-Verdú and Eivind Buene