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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.

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Title of the work

Zwiegespräch

Composer

Kurtág György / Kurtág György jr.

Original / Hungarian title

Zwiegespräch

Foreign language / English title

Zwiegespräch

Subtitle

For string quartet and synthesizers

Year of composition

1999

Type

Live electronic music

Number of players

Instrumentation

strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc. - synth.

Duration

20 min

Movements, parts

I.
a) Introduzione
b) Tears

II.
a) Visions
b) Feroce
c) Recitativo passionato

III.
a) Love Story
b) Madárhivogató

IV.
a) Shadows
b) Vihar
c) Féerie

V.
Solace

Commissioned by

Conservatory of Basel, with funds provided by the Maja Sacher Foundation

Premiere information

Original version: 12 November 1999, Basle; Hansheinz Schneeberger (vl.), Karin Kessler (vl.), Patrick Jüdt (vla.), Michael Keller (vlc.), György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

1st revised edition: 27 August 2000, Lucerne; Hansheinz Schneeberger (vl.), Karin Kessler (vl.), Patrick Jüdt (vla.), Michael Keller (vlc.), György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

2nd revised edition: 29 November 2001, Huddersfield; Arditti Quartet, György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

3rd revised edition: 3 May 2002 London; Arditti Quartet, György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

4th revised edition: 28 May 2001, Vienna; Keller Quartet, György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

5th revised edition: December 2002, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw; Keller String Quartet, György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

most recent, 6th version: 15 February 2006, Kurtág 80 Festival, Palace of Arts, Festival Theatre, Budapest; Keller String Quartet: András Keller (vl.) János Pilz (vl.), Zoltan Gál (vla.), Judit Pintér (vlc.), György Kurtág jr. (synth.)

Publisher / Source

Editio Musica Budapest Z. 14074 (in preparation)

Recordings

BMC CD 129, 2007 - Keller Quartet: András Keller (vl.), János Pilz (vl.), Zoltán Gál (vla.), Judit Szabó (vlc.), György Kurtág Jr. (synth.)

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