After Mozart

Instrumentation: picc, 4 fl, 4 ob, cl in Eb, 4 cl in Bb, cl b, 4 sax a, 2 sax t, sax bar, 4 fg, 4 cor, 6 flic, 6 tr, 6 trb, 4 flic t, 2 euf, 4 tb, timp, 5 perc, cel, cb

László Dubrovay's work, written in 2006, on the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, is a salute of a 21st-century composer to one of the greatest geniuses in the history of music. The composer builds his original ideas on one of the best-known melodies of The Marriage of Figaro (Figaro's aria: ''Non pi? andrai, farfallone amoroso''). The series of variations on the theme of the aria is created by the involvement of special instruments, and by fully harnessing their technical abilities, while Dubrovay's hallmark of a perfect balance and peculiar compositional tone is realised on an exceptionally large orchestra. The work is suited to illustrate the potentials of crossovers between different periods in the history of music, but it can also be played at a festive, thematic concert.