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

The Ransom - Suite in Five Movements


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A váltságdíj - Szvit öt tételben
Foreign language / English title
The Ransom - Suite in Five Movements
Dedication
Concert Band of the Hungarian State Railways Pécs
Year of composition
1992

Type
Wind orchestra
Instrumentation
wind band
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduction - Allegretto
2. The Women´s Song - Allegretto appasionato
3. Duett - Allegretto
4. Lullaby - Lento
5. Finale - Allegro

Commissioned by
Concert Band of the Hungarian State Railways Pécs
Premiere information
19 December 1993, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Kliment Verlag Wien, KL 1735, 1999
Buy here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31716, 1997 - Concert Band of the Hungarian State Railways Pécs, Károly Neumayer (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Introduction - Allegretto
2 The Women´s Song
3 Duett - Allegretto
4 Lullaby - Lento
5 Finale - Allegro