Hidas’s Fantasy for Violoncello and Wind-Ensemble is an example of the composer’s ability to compose in a musical language that is always easily approachable but never undemanding, with great professional erudition. He liked to make use of the Baroque concerto form, and in the rhythms of his instrumental works the inspiration of jazz can often be felt. He composed in every genre: opera, ballet, oratorio, a mass, two requiems, a symphony, numerous concertos, chamber and solo pieces, film music an...