Hans Gál · Works catalogue
Divertimento for flute, oboe, two clarinets, trumpet, two horns and bassoon
Overview
"It is a 'divertimento' in the original sense of the term: Open air music in the character of a serenade, five movements of contrasting moods, lyrical and burlesque, concisely shaped and with the closely-knit texture of chamber music".
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Wind Divertimento
Private archive recording · circa 1980
Berlin Wind Octet
Recordings
Cantium Winds
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Cantium Winds
Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Walter Hartley, Percy Whitlock. Malcolm Arnold, Ernst Toch, Hans Gál ('Intrata and 'Cavatina' from Divertimento op. 22)
Conductor: Brendon LePage
CSCD102
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Hans Gal and Egon Wellesz
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Hans Gál and Egon Wellesz: Continental Britons
Exhibition Catalogue with 2 CDS
(1) Hans Gál - Excerpts from
Violin Sonata op. 17
Five Songs, op. 33
String Quartet I, op. 16
Die Heilige Ente, op. 15
Wind Divertimento, op. 22
Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 46
Huyton Suite, op. 92
Violin Concerto op. 39
Symphony No. 2, op. 53
Symphony No. 3, op. 62
24 Preludes, op. 83
De Profundis, op. 50
24 Fugues, op. 108
(2) Egon Wellesz, excerpts from:
Vorfrühling, op. 12
Persisches Ballet, op. 30
Alkestis, op. 35
Die Bakchantinnen, op. 44
Prosperos Beschwörungen, op. 53
Mitte des Lebens, op. 45
Symphony No. 1, op. 62
Symphony No. 9, op. 111
Mirabile Mysterium, op. 101
Prelude for solo viola, op. 112
Jewish Museum Vienna
2004
www.jmw.at
Scores & texts
Publication & availability
- Publisher
- Leuckart (1925), now also Maecenas
- Availability
- Available from Maecenas music: score and parts in print
Where to buy or listen
Performances
First performance
Other performances
Breslau Radio, Nov. 1928, Apr. 1930
Rudolf Siegel, Krefeld, Jan. 1929
Vienna Radio, Jul. 1929
Sedlak-Winter-Quartett, Vienna, Nov. 1929
Rettich, Leipzig Radio, Nov. 1930
Members of the Städtisches Orchester, Mainz, Feb. 1931
Philharmonisches Orchester Stuttgart, Stuttgart Radio, Nov. 1931
Mainz, Nov. 1932
BBC Empire Orchestra/Fogg, BBC Radio, Aug. 1938
London Wind Players, BBC Radio, Dec. 1958
Birmingham Wind Ensemble, BBC Radio, Jun. 1959
London Wind Players/Blech, BBC Radio, Mar. 1960
Boston Symphony Players/Eric Simon, Boston, Aug. 1960
Lennox-Ensemble, BBC Radio, Apr. 1968
Scottish Wind Ensemble, Edinburgh, Dec. 1973; BBC Radio, May 1974, Aug. 1975
Ensemble 20. Jahrhundert, Vienna Radio, Apr. 1989, Jun. 1989
Ryedale Festival Chamber Ensemble, Malton, Aug. 1990
Murray State Uni./Johnson, Murray (KY), May 1996
Cincinnati College Chamber Winds/Winthner, Cincinnati, Feb. 2001
Uni. Michigan Concert Band Chamber Players/van Zandt, Ann Arbor, Oct. 2002
Sam Houston State University/McInturf, Huntsville (TX), Spring 2004
Cincinnati College Chamber Winds/Winther, Cincinnati, Feb. 2006
Uni. Michigan/Asbill, Ann Arbor, 2006-7
Avenhaus/Rivinius, Bollendorf/Mainz/Spay (Germany), May/Jun. 2008
Cincinnati College Chamber Winds/Winther, Cincinnati, June 2011
Hudson Valley Chamber Winds/Fontana, Washingtonville (NY), Nov. 2011
Rochester Chamber Winds/Chase, Rochester (NY), Oct. 2014
Cincinnati College Chamber Winds/Diller, Cincinnati, Nov. 2014
Winds of Edinburgh, Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, May 2016
Univ. of Washington Chamber Winds/Morin, Seattle (WA), Oct. 2016
Weston Wind Quintet and Friends/Michael Tabak, Newton (MA), Mar. 2017
Northwestern University Chamber Winds/Eric Scott, Evanston (IL), Nov. 2019