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

Partimento: here the forsaken Virgin rests, Op. 48


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Partimento: here the forsaken Virgin rests, Op. 48
Foreign language / English title
Partimento: here the forsaken Virgin rests, Op. 48
Subtitle
For flute, oboe, cello, percussion and 2 pianos
Year of composition
1977

Type
Ensemble
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
fl., ob., vlc. - perc. - 2 pf.
Duration
27 min

Movements, parts
1. Preludium
2. Double
3. Interlude I
4. Elami
5. Cadenza
6. Double Alamire
7. Interlude II
8. Typtein
9. Trio
10. Aigu
11. Postludium - Slow march

Commissioned by
Days Months and Years to Come through the Canada Council
Premiere information
27 February 1977, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Canada; Kathy Chernauskas (fl.), Tony Nichols (ob.), Lee Duckles (vlc.), Paul Grant (perc.), Patrick Wedd, Alex Pauk (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Canadian Music Centre
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1977 - Kathy Chernauskas (fl.), Tony Nichols (ob.), Lee Duckles (vlc.), Paul Grant (perc.), Patrick Wedd, Alex Pauk (pf.)