Aria and Hungarian Rondo for oboe, violin & string orchestra

Composer: FARKAS, Ferenc
  • Aria e Rondo all’ungherese for 2 violins and strings, composed 1994.1 It has also been published in an edition for oboe, violin and strings.2
  • Farkas was inspired to write this work after hearing the playing of two violinists at a music festival in Knittelfeld, Austria. One of the violinists, Albert Kocsis, passed away before he could play this piece, so Farkas dedicated the piece to Kocsis’s memory (even though the published version lists a different dedication).3
  • In this piece, Farkas utilized melodies by an anonymous 18th century composer.4

Sources

  1. László Gombos, “Farkas, Ferenc,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 25, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000009314.
  2. “Aria e Rondo all’Ungherese-OB/VLN/STGS,” Trevco Music, accessed September 25, 2019, https://www.trevcomusic.com/products/asc-1994-farkas-aria-e-rondo-all-ungherese-ob-vln-stgs.
  3. László Gombos, liner notes to Ferenc Farkas: Orchestral Music, Volume Three, Lajos Lencsés, János Rolla, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Toccata 217, CD, 2015.
  4. Ibid.

Cut IDs

21283