Composition database

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.

Title of the work

Le Jardin étranger / The Stranger Garden


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Le Jardin étranger / Az idegen kert
Foreign language / English title
Le Jardin étranger / The Stranger Garden
Dedication
to Ensemble Sic, Donatienne Michel-Dansac and Zoltán Jeney
Year of composition
2003

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
S. solo - fl., cl. (anche cl.b.) - pf., cimb. - strings: vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
23 min

Movements, parts
1. Valóban / Effectivement / Really
2. Álom / Réve / Dream
3. Zokogás / Sanglots / Weeping
4. Ima / Priere / Prayer
5. Az idegen kert / Le Jardin etranger / The stranger garden

Text
FORGÁCH, András
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Théatre du Chatelet, Paris
Premiere information
19 November 2003, Midis Musicaux, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris; Donatienne Michel-Dansac (voice), Ensemble SIC
Publisher / Source
MS - Unpublished (copyright by the author)
Performance material can be hired from the composer
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere - Available at Budapest Music Center´s Library (CD 5112 and CD 4116) - Donatienne Michel-Dansac (voice), Ensemble SIC
Hungarian Radio recording - Available at Budapest Music Center´s Library (CD 5106)
1 min. sample
1 1. Effectivement
2 2. Réve
3 3. Sanglots
4 4. Priere
5 5. Le Jardin etranger