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Timesongs

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
Idődalok
Foreign language / English title
Timesongs
Year of composition
1997
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
11
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - sax.a., cor., perc. (2 esec. - campli., vibr., marimba, tmb.picc., 3 tom-tom, ptto., tam-tam, gr.c.,) acc., arpa, 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
1. Kocsmai öregek / Old Men in the Pub
2. Perc / Minute
3. Kis, szerelmes himnusz / A little Love Anthem
Text
SZILÁGYI, Domokos
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
2 October 1999, Tsai Center, Boston, USA; Amy Schneider (Ms.), ALEA III Ensemble, Theodore Antoniou (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14 380 (on hire)
1 min. sample
1 I. Kocsmai öregek
2 II. Perc
3 III. Kis szerelmes himnusz
Remarks, other info
The piece was chosen as one of the final pieces of the 17th ALEA III International Composition Competition and performed in Boston.

All three movements are concerned with different aspects of time, hence the title. Sometimes it is drifting lifetime of man, somtimes musical time. Another aspect is the relationship between man and time, life and love.