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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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Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
IMA
Foreign language / English title
IMA
Subtitle
For mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2002
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
3 S., 3 A., 3 T., 3 B. (choir soloists) - mixed choir: 8 S., 8 A., 8 T., 8 B. (or more) - 3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., cl.b. (anche cl.cb.), 2 sax. (sax.a., sax.bar.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 3 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. (III anche trb.b.), tuba - perc. (4 ese.) - 2 keyb. (synth. and sampler) - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. 1. Teil
2. 2. Teil
3. 3. Teil
Text
WEÖRES, Sándor; RÜHM, Gerhard
Language
artificial language
Commissioned by
Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
Premiere information
13 September 2002, WDR Köln, Germany; WDR Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Sylvain Cambreling (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Schott Music Mainz © 2002, 50 995
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 085, 2003 - WDR Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Sylvain Cambreling (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I.
2 II.
3 III.
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2001 - 2002

Based on sound poems by Gerhard Rühm ("gebet") and Sándor Weöres ("GENESIS I. 1-3").
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records
Schott