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

Hungarian Symphony


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Magyar szimfónia
Foreign language / English title
Hungarian Symphony
Dedication
For the Hungarian Millennium. To Zoltán Kodály and the Hungarian People
Year of composition
1997

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 4 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., 4 perc. - arpa, cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
Hungarian National Cultural Found
Premiere information
18 May 1998, Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
Publisher / Source
AXA Pécs
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32065, 2001 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Magyar szimfónia
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Dubrovay, László: Works for the Hungarian Millenium Hungaroton