Gottfried von Einem
Hunyady László
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 2 2 2 0 - timp, perc, str
Duration: 16'
Dedication: Apam Emlekére 15.VII.1876–18.III.1927
Instrumentation details:
piccolo
flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
timpani
percussion(2)
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Einem - Hunyady László for orchestra
Work introduction
Count László Hunyady was the biological father of Gottfried von Einem, who only met him twice as a child. It is from him that Gottfried von Einem inherited his musical talent. It was not until long after the Count died – in spectacular circumstances while hunting big game in Africa in 1927 – that von Einem felt an affinity with his father and composed this orchestral piece in his memory in the early 1980s.