QuatreQuatuors (2010)

Description

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Harp, Cimbalom, Percussion, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello — In his QuatreQuatuors Péter TORNYAI has further developed the twelvenote theme from Ferenc Liszt's Faust Symphony. The piece received 1st Prize in the Chamber Ensemble Category of the New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 competition for composers. Its title refers to the instrumentation and to its temporal form: four quartets of different make-up (and 'joint' or independent percussionist) perform the four movements, played without a break but clearly distinct in their musical material.