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Op. 27 No. 2 (Double Concerto)

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Op. 27 No. 2 (Kettősverseny)
Foreign language / English title
Op. 27 No. 2 (Double Concerto)
Subtitle
for piano, violoncello and two chamber ensembles dispersed in space
Dedication
to Zoltán Kocsis, Miklós Perényi and Péter Eötvös
Year of composition
1990
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vlc. solo - Ensemble A: fl.(anche rec.t.), fl. in Sol, ob. (anche c.ing.), cl., cl.b., fg., cfg. - cor., tuba, tr., trb. - cimb., arpa, cel. (anche pnino.), vibr. (anche marimba e xylorimba), timp. - 3 bongo, 3 tom-tom, 3 gr.c., tmb.b., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., trg.picc., 3 ptto.sosp., tam-tam, ptti. a 2 - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.

pf. solo - Ensemble B: fl. (anche rec.t.), fl. in Sol, ob. (anche c.ing.), cl. in mi b, fg., cfg. - cor., tuba, tr., trb. - cimb., arpa, cel., vibr. (anche marimba e xylorimba), timp. - frusta, 3 bongo, 3 tom-tom, 3 gr.c., tmb.b., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., trg.picc., 3 ptto.sosp., tam-tam - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Poco allegretto
2. L´istesso tempo (quasi più mosso)
3. Presto agitato
4. Adagio - Largo
Commissioned by
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern and Alter Oper, Frankfurt
Premiere information
8 December 1990, Frankfurt am Main; Zoltán Kocsis (pf.), Miklós Perényi (vlc.), Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 13988
Available here!
Recordings
Col Legno WWE 2CD 31870, 1994
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1989-1990

Prix de Composition Musicale 1993 of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco (together with Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993. Col Legno