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Sutraecitations

Composer
Csapó Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
Szútrecitációk
Foreign language / English title
Sutraecitations
Subtitle
For soprano or tenor voice and four players
Year of composition
1995
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. or T. (anche tuned glasses) - 3 cl. - pf.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
buddhist sutras
Language
English
Premiere information
18 January 1995, Convocation Hall, Saskatoon, Canada; Gyula Csapó (rec.), Rika Asai, Neil Middleton, Erin Forman (cl.), Kathleen Solose (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 2005, Z. 14 231
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Recordings
Budapest Music Center Records BMC CD 013, 2002 - Alastair Thompson (T., tuned glasses), Csaba Klenyán, András Horn, Lajos Rozmán (cl.), Gyula Csapó (pf., el.)
1 min. sample
1 Sutraecitations
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1990 - 1995, revised: 1996 for mezzo-soprano or baritone

Sutraecitations has been composed to text fragments from the Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornamante Scriptures) in the english translation by Thomas Cleary