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

Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig!


Composer

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