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Title of the work

Handshake after shot

Composer
Csapó Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
Kézfogás lövés után
Foreign language / English title
Handshake after shot
Subtitle
for 5 performers (mixed chamber quintet)
Dedication
to János Pilinszky
Year of composition
1977
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
Suggested instrumentation:
ob., 2 tr. (with mute) - org.el. - cardboard box
Duration
3 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
1990, Lincoln Center, New York; Continuum Ensemble
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1981, Z. 8898
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Recordings
BMC Records BMC CD013, 1999 - László Préda, Gábor Szigeti (tr.), Mária Barnás (ob.), Éva Bótai (org.el.), Zsolt Serei (cardboard box), Gyula Csapó (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Handshake after shot
Remarks, other info
"The memory I have is seeing Fellini´s Clowns - Requiem for a Circus four times in succession in 1974. There are some allusions to the last scene of the film (where clowns are sending messages to each other by means of trumpets across an empty circus-ring, while the lights go out one by one) in Handshake after Shot. The piece was composed in 1977, it has been dedicated to the late Hungarian poet, János Pilinszky." - Gyula Csapó