Merry Music

Although Frigyes Hidas (1928-2007) composed in every genre, he gained international fame and recognition principally with his chamber music for brass instruments and his works written for wind ensembles and wind orchestras. In 1995 he was invited to WASBE, the international organization of wind ensembles, and in the final decades of his life, which were rich in commissions, he travelled the world as a competition jury member, guest of honour at festivals and visiting university professor. Full of humour and extremely effective, Merry Music is one of his best-known and most popular works.

Instrumentation: picc, 4 fl1, 4 fl2, ob1, ob2, cl Eb, 4 cl1 Bb, 4 cl2 Bb, 4 cl3 Bb, fg1, fg2, 2 sax a Eb, 2 sax t Bb, sax bar Eb - cor1, cor2, cor3, cor4, 2 crnt1 Bb, 2 crnt2 Bb, 2 flic t Bb, 2 euf, 2 tr1 Bb, 2 tr2 Bb, 2 tr3 Bb, 2 trb1, 2 trb2, 2 trb3, 4 tb - timp, xyl, glsp, tamb mil, 2 tomt, gr c