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

Chansons by Lorca


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Lorca sanzonok
Foreign language / English title
Chansons by Lorca
Subtitle
For soprano voice and string orchestra
Dedication
to Ildikó Iván
Year of composition
2008

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
1. Jaj de nehéz így szeretni / It´s hard to love like this
2. Kaszida a sírásról / Kasida about the crying
3. Lola
4. Gitár / Guitar
5. Kaszida a sírásról No.2 / Kasida about the crying No. 2
6. Kis bécsi valcer / Little Vienna waltz
7. Tánc / Dance

Text
LORCA, Federico Garcia
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
16 May 2008, Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest; Ildikó Iván (S.), Budapest Strings, Zoltán Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Video recording, 2010 - Ildikó Iván (S.), Budapest Strings, Zoltán Kovács (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Hungaroton HCD 32598-99, 2009 - Ildikó Iván (S.), Budapest Strings, Béla Bánfalvi (concert master), Zoltán Kovács (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Federico Garcia Lorca

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Sounds of the 20th Century Hungaroton