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

Through the Eyes of Men / Through the Eyes of Women


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Férfiszemmel / Női szemmel
Foreign language / English title
Through the Eyes of Men / Through the Eyes of Women
Subtitle
Song-Cycle
Dedication
to Ági Herczku and the THReNSeMBle
Year of composition
2010

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
voice - fl. (anche fl.a., picc.), cl. (anche cl.b., sax.t.) - pf. (pf.el.) - perc. - vl. (anche vla.), vlc. - cond. (anche acc.)
Duration
26 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Text
SZABÓ, Lőrinc; NUVÁSZ, Abu; VARRÓ, Dániel; TÓTH, Krisztina; HÁY, János; SZILÁGYI, Domokos
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
4 December 2013, 16th Concert-Cycle of New Hungarian Compositions, Fészek Artists´ Club, Budapest; Ágnes Herczku (voice), THReNSeMBle, Balázs Horváth (cond.) (Parts)

11 January 2014, Opening Concert, Transparent Sound Festival, Small Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Ágnes Herczku (voice), THReNSeMBle, Balázs Horváth (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS - copyright by the author
Performance material can be hired from the composer
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Radio (Live recording of the premiere. Available at nava.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Lőrinc Szabó, Abu Nuvász, Dániel Varró, Krisztina Tóth, János Háy and Domokos Szilágyi