Rhapsody No.1
(1928, rev.1929) BB94bTranscription by Bartok for violin and orchestra (1928-29)
Duration: 11'
Scoring
2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-2.2.1.1-timp.perc:tgl-
cimbalom(harp and pft)-strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
01/11/1929
Königsberg
József Szigeti, violin / Hermann Scherchen
Repertoire Note
Available in a variety of authorized versions, the First Rhapsody, and its Second companion, provide further examples of the slow-fast movement pairings very popular in Bartók’s earlier years. These Rhapsodies’ orchestral versions can interchange on programmes with the somewhat more extensive Two Portraits or Two Pictures.
Note by Malcolm Gillies
