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English Songs (Version with Chamber Ensemble)

Composer
Horváth Bálint
Original / Hungarian title
Angol dalok (Kamaraegyütteses változat)
Foreign language / English title
English Songs (Version with Chamber Ensemble)
Subtitle
5 songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble
Dedication
For Silvia
Year of composition
2009
Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - fl., cl., fg. - pf. - vl., vla., vlc. - ad lib. perc. (ptti.)
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
1. The Islan Shalott / Shalott szigete
2. Joyce: Lean out of the Window Goldenhair... / Joyce: Hajolj ki az ablakon aranyhaj...
3. Joyce: Sleep Now, O Sleep Now... / Joyce: Aludj már, aludj már...
4. Who Is Silvia? (Valentine´s Song) / Kicsoda Szilvia? (Valentin dala)
5. Nightingale / Csalogány
Text
TENNYSON, Lord Alfred; JOYCE, James; SHAKESPEARE, William; COHEN, Leonard;
Language
English
Premiere information
26 April 2009, Concert Hall, Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Budapest; Ildikó Szakács (Ms.), Péter Földesi (fl.), Péter Szűcs (cl.) Rezső Ott (fg.), Rita Váray (pf.), Dávid Pintér (vl.), Péter Tornyai (vla.), Péter Váray (vlc.), Balázs Horváth (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Aviso Studio of the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Budapest
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2007 - 2009

Based on the Works of Lord Alfred Tennyson (Mov. I), James Joyce (II, III), William Shakespeare (IV) and Leonard Cohen (V)

Revised version for Mezzosporano and Piano available