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

Symphony No. 2 "Vocis imago"


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
II. szimfónia "Vocis imago"
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 2 "Vocis imago"
Year of composition
1993

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (I, II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (I, II anche cl.picc.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., 6 tom-tom, gr.c., crot., vibr., camp., trg., 3 ptti.sosp., ptti. a 2, ptto.picc. a 2, tam-tam, xil., marimba, wood bl., 3 temple bl., wood chimes, frusta, raganella) - arpa - strings: 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V

Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
9 October 1994, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Budapest Symphony Orchestra, László Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, Hungarian Radio, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, László Kovács (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1991 - 1993