Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

White Words, Op. 9


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Fehér szavak, Op. 9
Foreign language / English title
White Words, Op. 9
Year of composition
1988

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
16
Instrumentation
S. solo - 2 fl. (I anche picc.), cl., fg. (anche tam-tam) - cor., tr., trb. - arpa, cel. - perc. (2 esec.) - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Fehér szavak / White Words
2. Halál / Death
3. Kezdődik az élet / Life begins
4. Egy tüske átszúrt / Pricked by a thorn
5. Halál / Death (Double)
6. Egy tüske átszúrt / Pricked by a thorn (Double)

Text
WOOLF, Virginia
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
5 May 1989, Budapest; Márta Kosztolányi (S.), Ensemble Intermodulation, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31792 - 1999
Remarks, other info
To words by Virgina Woolf

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton