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

Petals


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szirmok
Foreign language / English title
Petals
Subtitle
3 Flowersongs for Mezzosoprano and Chamber Ensemble
Year of composition
1998

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - picc. (anche fl.), 2 rec., ob., cl., fg. - cor. - chit. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Sinfonia / Szimfónia / Symphony
2. Accompagnato: Nárcisz / Daffodil (G. Lorca)
3. Aria: Rózsa / Rose (S. Weöres)
4. Finale: Nyárfa / Poplar (G. Lorca)

Text
GARCÍA LORCA, Federico; WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
5 May 1999, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Chamber Ensemble, Gábor Horváth (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1999 (Available at www.gyongyosilevenete.hu)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1997 - 1998

On Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca and Sándor Weöres