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Three English Songs

Composer
Durkó Zsolt
Original / Hungarian title
Három angol dal
Foreign language / English title
Three English Songs
Subtitle
For mezzo soprano and 12 players (or piano)
Year of composition
1991
Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Number of players
13
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - fl. (anche picc.), ob., cl., fg. - cor. - arpa., pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

or

Ms. solo - pf.
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
1. "My heart leaps up"
2. The sick rose
3. Ash Wednesday
Text
WORDSWORTH, William; BLAKE, William; ELLIOT, T.S.
Language
English
Premiere information
1991, Purcell Room, London; Jean Rigby (Ms.), Nash Ensebmble, Lionel Friend (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Akkord Music Publishers © 2007, A-1132 (Edition with piano)
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Recordings
BMC PCD 015 (CD 1), 2004 - Maria-Teresia Uribe (Ms.), Budapest Sinfonietta, András Ligeti (cond.) (Mov. I only)
1 min. sample
1 Three English Verses
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by William Wordsworth, William Blake and T.S. Eliot
 

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