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Title of the work

Songs of Dispair and Sorrow Op. 18 / Pesni unynija i pechali Op. 18


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A csüggedés és keserűség dalai Op. 18
Foreign language / English title
Songs of Dispair and Sorrow Op. 18 / Pesni unynija i pechali Op. 18
Dedication
Mrs Zina Brájer
Year of composition
1994

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
double mixed choir - cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - 2 arm., 4 baian, 2 arpa, pf., cel. - timp., perc. (ptti.sosp., ptti. a 2, gr.c., camp., gong, marimba, tam-tam) - 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc.
Duration
25 min

Movements, parts
I. М. Ю. Лермонтов: И cкучно и груcтно [M. Lermontov: I skučno i grustno / Mihail Lermontov: Szomorú is, unalmas is]

II. А. А. Блок: Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека [A. Blok: Noč, ulica, fonar´, apteka / Alekszandr Blok: Éjszaka, utca, lámpa, patika]

III. С. А. Еcенин: Вечером cиним [S. Esenin: Večerom sinim / Szergej Jeszenyin: Kéklő estén]

IV. О. E. Мандельштам: Куда мне детьcя в этом январе? [O. Mandelshtam: Kuda mne det´sja b ètom janvare? / Oszip Mandelstam: Hová legyek ebben a januárban?]

V. А. А. Ахматова: Раcпятие [A. Ahmatova: Raspjatie / Anna Ahmatova: A megfeszítés]

VI. М. Цветаева: Пора... [M. Tsvetaeva: Pora / Marina Cvetajeva: Ideje]

Text
LERMONTOV, Mikhail - BLOK, Aleksandr - YESENIN, Sergei - MANDELSTAM, Osip - AKHMATOVA, Anna - TSVETAEVA, Marina
Language
Russian
Premiere information
Without No. 4: 29 June 1995, Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Monteverdi Choir, Schönberg Ensemble, members of the English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (cond.)

1st complete performance: 24 August 1996 Edinburgh; Edinburgh Festival Singers, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, David Jones (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14 077 (in preparation)
Available here!
1 min. sample
1 1. M. Lermontov: I skučno i grustno
2 2. A. Blok: Noč, ulica, fonar´, apteka
3 3. S. Esenin: Večerom sinim
4 4. O. Mandelshtam: Kuda mne det´sja b ètom janvare?
5 5. A. Ahmatova: Raspjatie
6 6. M. Tsvetaeva: Pora
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1980-94 (further revisions may be expected)