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Cello Concerto

Composer
Decsényi János
Original / Hungarian title
Gordonkaverseny
Foreign language / English title
Cello Concerto
Subtitle
For cello and orchestra
Dedication
to Csaba Onczay
Year of composition
1984
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vlc. solo - 2 fl. (I, II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (campli., vibr., marimba, tmb.picc., 6 tom-tom, gr.c., 3 ptti.sosp., ptti a 2, gong) - arpa, cel. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
17 min
Movements, parts
1. 𝅘𝅥 = 60 sempre
2. 𝅘𝅥 = 88
Commissioned by
Municipality of Budapest
Premiere information
7 May 1986, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Csaba Onczay (vlc.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Ligeti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1988, Z. 13292
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Recordings
Radio broadcast of the premiere, 1986 - Csaba Onczay (vlc.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Ligeti (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1983 - 1984