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Title of the work

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

Composer

Kurtág György

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

Subtitle

Six choruses to poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Aleksandr Blok, Sergei Esenin, Osip Mandelshtam, Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva, for double mixed choir and instruments, in Russian

Dedication

to 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)
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1 1. M. Lermontov: I skučno i grustno