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Naenia. Lament for Orchestra and Tape (Synthesizer)

Composer
Szabó Csaba
Original / Hungarian title
Naenia. Sirató zenekarra és magnetofonra (szintetizátorra)
Foreign language / English title
Naenia. Lament for Orchestra and Tape (Synthesizer)
Year of composition
1966
Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
3 fl. (anche picc.), 2 ob., cl., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 3 timp., perc. (3 esec. - I anche xil., camp., frusta, tam-tam, II anche trg., gr.c., III anche tmb.picc., mezzo e grande, campli. - synth., pf. - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., vlc.
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
13 January 1969, Marosvásárhely, Romania; Symphony Orchestra of Marosvássárhely, Lóránt Szalman (cond.)

7 March 1995, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest; Budapest Symphony Orchestra, János Petró (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 8285, 1976
Recordings
Hungarian Radio
Remarks, other info
Originally composed for tape and orchestra, nowdays it is more often performed with synthesizer