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

Three Songs to Poems by Sándor Weöres


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Három dal Weöres Sándor verseire
Foreign language / English title
Three Songs to Poems by Sándor Weöres
Year of composition
1995

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
Ms., fl., cor (or pf. anche acc.)
Duration
8 min

Movements, parts
1. Őskori motívum / Prehistoric motive
2. Chanson
3. Lied

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
30 September 1995, Composers Competition: "Hommage a Bartók", Marble Hall, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton 2006 - HCD 32435 "Timebells"; Krisztina Jónás (Ms.), Péter Oláh (fl.), Róbert Rapócsi (cor.)
CD - MR 011 (1995), Mária Horváth (Ms), Péter Oláh (fl.), László Seeman (cor.)
Video recording, 2024 - Judit Szathmáry (voice), Péter Oláh (fl.), Bánk Sáry (acc.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Composed for the competition of the Hungarian Radio: "Hommage a Bartók"