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

Expressions


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kifejezések
Foreign language / English title
Expressions
Subtitle
For 11 strings
Year of composition
1974

Type
Ensemble
Number of players
11
Instrumentation
strings: 6 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
11 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Lento
3. Rubato, quasi improvisando
4. Adagio
5. Vivace

Commissioned by
Veszprém Chamber Music Festival
Premiere information
1974, Chamber Music Festival, Veszprém, Hungary; Chamber Strings of Békéscsaba, Antal Jancsovics (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, L-1 or Z. 7584
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-11860, 1977 - Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Frigyes Sándor (cond.)
Radio SFB 1976 - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Hungarian Television, 1995 - Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Kamilló Lendvay (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Allegro risoluto
2 II. Lento
3 III. Rubato, quasi improvisando
4 IV. Adagio
5 V. Vivace
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