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In der Fremde / Far from Home

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Idegen földön
Foreign language / English title
In der Fremde / Far from Home
Subtitle
For 3-part female choir a capella
Year of composition
1946
Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
3-part female choir or children´s choir (S-Ms-A)
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
1. Siralmas nékem (Klage / Lament)
2. Egy fekete holló (Ein schwarzer Vogel / A dark raven)
3. Vissza ne nézz (Schau nicht zurück / Once the forest - Canon)
4. Fujdogál a nyári szél (Weht ein leichter Sommerhauch / Summer sends a gentle breeze) (Slovakian traditional poem, Hungarian translation by Béla Balázs)
Text
BALASSI, Bálint; Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / German / English
Premiere information
April 1971, Stockholm; Radio-Kammerchor, Eric Ericson (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, C 46165
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Recordings
Sony CD 88697 61641, 2010 - London Sinfonietta Vioces, Terry Edwards (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I.
2 II.
3 III.
4 IV.
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1945 - 1946

German edition: Hilger Schallehn, English version: Desmond Clayton
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 2 - A Cappella Choral Works Sony