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New Messages for orchestra Op. 34a

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Új üzenetek zenekarra Op. 34a
Foreign language / English title
New Messages for orchestra Op. 34a
Dedication
Movement 2: to Elmar Weingarten
Movement 4: to Ute and Egon von Westerholt
Year of composition
1998
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
1. Merran´s dream - for full orchestra
2 fl. (II anche picc.), fl.a. in sol, fl.b., 2 ob., 2 cl. in mi b, cl.b., cl.cb., 2 fg. - 2 cor. in fa, 2 tr. in do, 3 trb., tuba - cimb., cel., arpa, pnino. con super-sordino (anche pf.) - timp., perc. (2 ptto.sosp., gr.c.) - strings

2. Schatten [Shadows]
cb., cfg. - 4 cor. in fa, trb.b., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (frusta) - strings: 8 cb.

3. ... aus tiefer Not...
fl., fl.a. in sol, fl.b., ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b., cl.cb., cfg. - 4 cor. in fa, 3 tr. in do, 3 trb., tuba - cimb., arpa, cel., pf. (anche pnino. con super-sordino) - perc. (marimba, tam-tam, ptti. a 2., crot.) - strings

4. Les Adieux
fl., picc. (anche fl.a. in sol), fl.b., 2 ob., c.ing., cl. in si b, cl.b., cl.cb., fg., cfg. - 4 cor. in fa, 3 tr. in do, 3 trb., tuba - cimb., cel., arpa, pnino. con super-sordino - timp., perc. (vibr., marimba, crot. (re, fa#, la, do#), bongo, ptto., (tam-tam), tom-tom - strings (solo): 3 vl., vla., 2 vlc., cb. - strings (tutti)

5. Üzenet Peskó Zoltánnak / Message to Zoltán Peskó (1998)
picc., fl.b., ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., cl.cb., 2 fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - cimb., arpa, pf. - timp., perc. (xil., marimba, ptto.sosp., campli. - strings

6. Merran´s dream - for string orchestra
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Merran´s dream - [Caliban detecting rebuilding Mirranda´s dream] (for full orchestra, 1999)
2. Schatten [Shadows ] - to Elmar Weingarten (2000)
3. ... aus tiefer Not... - Un message à Madeleine Santchi (1999)
4. Les Adieux - in Janáčeks Manier [in Janáček´s manner] - In memoriam Egon von Westerholt (1999)
5. Message to Zoltán Peskó (1998)
6. Merran´s dream - Caliban detecting rebuilding Mirranda´s dream (for string orchestra, 1998)
7. Schatten [Shadows] II - in progress
Premiere information
Movement 1: 13 November 1998, Cologne; West German Radio Orchestra, Zoltán Peskó (cond.)
Movement 2: 11 April 1999, Budapest; Budapest-Hegyvidék (Budapest-Highland) Chamber Orchestra, Géza Gémesi (cond.)
Movement 3-4: 24 January 2000, Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Peskó (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14261 (version 2009) (temporary performance materials for hire)
Available here!
1 min. sample
1 Merran´s Dream - version for string orchestra
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1998-in progress
 

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