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

Über der Asche zu singen, Op. 65 / Singing Above The Ashes, Op. 65


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Hamu felett énekelve, Op. 65
Foreign language / English title
Über der Asche zu singen, Op. 65 / Singing Above The Ashes, Op. 65
Subtitle
Five songs for mezzosoprano and piano / Five songs for mezzosoprano and piano
Dedication
Marjana Lipovsek
Year of composition
1994

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., pf.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Sub ausppiciis finis
2. Genreszene
3. Nachsinnen
4. Im Exil
5. Requiem

Text
BLETSCHACHER, Richard
Language
German
Premiere information
6 May 1995, Mozart-Saal, Vienna; Marjana Lipovsek (Ms.), Charles Spencer (pf.)

30 November 2011, 14th Concert-Cycle of New Hungarian Compositions, Fészek Artists´ Club, Budapest; Ida Aldrian (S.), Iván Erőd (pf.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Doblinger - Musikhaus und Verlag, D. 08 685
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Recordings
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation - Hörfunk