Work
Magyar Rondo
for viola
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About
This work has been chastised as a mere Bartók pastiche. While this remains true, I do not think it should be so easily dismissed. Keep in mind that it was written by a 21-year-old, and as such, I believe, shows a fair degree of maturity. It borrows and adapts Hungarian melodies (I have subsequently forgotten which) taken from one of Bartók’s myriad collections.
Dedication note
Written for Peter Barber
Performance history
10 Mar 1991: Performed by Miguel Ramos at Smith Recital Hall, Music Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America
05 Mar 2007: Performed by Rudolf Haken (viola) at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Centre for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
01 Nov 2007: Performed by Rudolf Haken, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Foellinger Great Hall, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
16 Aug 2013: Performed by Rudolph Haken at the First Presbyterian Church, in Michigan City, in Indiana.
Performer unknown