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

Concerto for Cimbalom


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Cimbalomverseny
Foreign language / English title
Concerto for Cimbalom
Subtitle
For cimbalom and chamber orchestra
Dedication
to Ágnes Szakály
Year of composition
1994

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
cimb. solo - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 8 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
14 min

Movements, parts
1. Pesante
2. Allegretto

Commissioned by
Gábor Baross and the ELTE Chamber Orchestra
Premiere information
17 March 1995, ELTE University, Faculty of Law Concert Hall, Budapest; Ágnes Szakály (cimb.), ELTE Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Baross (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31669, 1997 - Ágnes Szakály (cimb.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tamás Gál (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Pesante
2 II. Allegretto
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Works for cimbalom by Hungarian Contemporary Composers Hungaroton