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

Dragon Day, Op. 46


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Dragon Day, Op. 46
Foreign language / English title
Dragon Day, Op. 46
Subtitle
"Fantasia parodia" - For orchestra
Year of composition
1976

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 ob. - 2 cor., 2 tr. - timp., perc. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Commissioned by
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. for John Avison and the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Premiere information
16 September 1976; CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, John Avison (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Canadian Music Centre
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1976 - CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, John Avison (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 1978