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Symphony No. 1

Composer
Gyöngyösi Levente
Original / Hungarian title
I. szimfónia
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 1
Dedication
To Gábor Hollerung and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok
Year of composition
2009
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
A. solo - female choir, male choir - picc., 2 fl. (I anche fl.a.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa, cel., synth. - timp., perc. (4 esec. - marimba, vibr., campli, 3 camp., 3 crot., chinese opera gong, 6 burma gong, tam-tam, trg., wind bell, tambourine, guiro, claves, japanese banku, talking drum, 5 tom-tom, 3 chinese tom, ptto., ptto.sosp., 2 bongo, cajón, tmb.picc., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.el., electric vlc., vlc., cb.
Duration
45 min
Movements, parts
1. Love / Szerelem
2. Pain / Kín
3. Despair / Kétségbeesés
4. Rebirth / Újjászületés
Text
KOSZTOLÁNYI, Dezső; ÉLUARD, Paul; MORGENSTERN, Christian; DSIDA, Jenő; WEÖRES, Sándor; PILINSZKY, János; RILKE, Rainer Maria; BRENTANO, Clemens; JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Gábor Hollerung
Premiere information
21 November 2009, "Vox Fortissima" Series of the Hungarian Radio and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Palace of Arts, Budapest; Judit Németh (Ms.), Balázs Réti, Pro Musica Maiden Choir, Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.)

20 February 2011, Italian Institute, Budapest; Andrea Meláth (A.), Balázs Réti, Pro Musica Maiden Choir, Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2009, K-0027 (On rental)
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere (Available at www.gyongyosilevente.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on poems of Dezső Kosztolányi, Paul Éluard, Christian Morgenstern, Jenő Dsida, Mihály Vitéz Csokonai, Sándor Weöres, János Pilinszky, Rainer Maria Rilke, Clemens Brentano, Attila József

Hungarian translations by György Somlyó, László Kálnoky, Miklós Radnóti