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Messages for Orchestra Op. 34

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Üzenetek zenekarra Op. 34
Foreign language / English title
Messages for Orchestra Op. 34
Subtitle
For orchestra and mixed choir
Dedication
Movement 5 to Sabine Tomek; Movement 6 to Zoltán Kocsis
Year of composition
1996
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
1. Letter to Peter Eötvös
fl. in sol, fl.b., ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b. in si b, cl.cb. in si b, 2 fg., cfg. - 3 cor. in fa, 3 tr. in do, 3 trb. - arpa - 3 ptto.sosp. - strings: vl. solo, vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

2. Aus der Ferne II - Hommage à Alfred Schlee 85
fl., fl. in sol, fl.b., ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b. in si b, 2 fg. - 2 cor. in fa, 2 tr. in do, 2 trb. - cimb., arpa, cel., pnino., vibr. - strings: vla., vlc., cb.

3. ...a solemn air... - Hommage à Albert Simon 70
fl. 1 / rec.a., fl. 2, ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b. 1 in si b, cl.b. 2 in si b, cfg. - 2 cor. in fa, 2 tr. in do, 3 trb., tuba - arpa, pf., pnino. con supersord. - timp., perc. (marimba, campli., 2 ptto. (alto e grave), tam-tam, gr.c.) - strings: vla. 1 (1-4), vla. 2 (5-6), vlc. 1 (1-2), vlc. 2 (3-4), vlc. 3 (5-6), vlc. 4 (7-8), cb. (1-2)

4. Progress Report - a word with Zoltán Jeney
fl.b. (ad. lib.), ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b. in si b, fg., cfg. - cor. in fa, tr., tuba - perc. (gr.c., ptto.sosp., tam-tam) - strings: vl. solo, vl. 1-4, vla. 1-2, vlc. 1-3, cb. solo, cb.

5. Inscription on a Grave in Cornwall

6. Flowers we are... - In memoriam Ottó Kocsis
mixed choir - rec.t. / fl. picc. 1, fl. in sol / fl. picc. 2, fl.b. / fl. picc. 3 - 2 cor. in fa - cimb., arpa, cel., pnino. con supersord., pf. - timp., perc. (vibr., campli., crot., trg., ptto.)
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Levél Eötvös Péternek / Letter to Peter Eötvös (1994)
2. Aus der Ferne II [Hang a távolból II] - Hommage à Alfred Schlee 85 (1991, rev. 1994)
3. (or 4.) Helyzetkép - Néhány szó Jeney Zoltánhoz / Progress Report - a word with Zoltán Jeney (1993)
4. (or 3.) ... a solemn air... - Hommage à Albert Simon 70 (1996)
5. Inscription on a Grave in Cornwall (1995)
6. Virág az ember... - In memoriam Kocsis Ottó / Flowers we are... - In memoriam Ottó Kocsis (1995)
Premiere information
Movement 1: 29 June 1995, Essen; West German Radio Orchestra, Zoltán Peskó (cond.)
Movement 2: 3 June 1996, Vienna; Symphony Orchestra of the Austrian Radio, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Movement 5-6: 16 August 1995, Stuttgart; Gächinger Kantorei, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest Z. 14999
Available here!
Recordings
Hänssler Classics CD 98931, 1995 - Gächinger Kantorei, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (cond.) (Live recording of the premiere of Movement 5-6., under the title "Epilogue")
1 min. sample
1 1. Letter to Peter Eötvös
2 2. Aus der Ferne - Hommage à Alfred Schlee 85
3 3. a solemn air à Hommage à Albert Simon 70
4 4. Progress Report - a word with Zoltán Jeney
5 5. Inscription on a Grave in Cornwall
6 6. Flowers we are - In memoriam Ottó Kocsi
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1991 - 1996 Note: Movements 5. and 6. served as the Epilogue of "Requiem der Versöhnung", a joint work with Luciano Berio, Friedrich Cerha, Paul-Heinz Dittrich, Marek Kopelent, John Harbison, Arne Nordheim, Bernard Rands, Marc-André Dalbavie, Judith Weir, Krzystzof Pendereczki, Wolfgang Rihm, Alfred Schnittke and Joji Yusaka.

See also: Transcription by Ádám Kondor
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Wolke Verlag