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Title of the work

Speaking Drums

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Speaking Drums
Foreign language / English title
Speaking Drums
Subtitle
Four poems for percussion and orchestra
Year of composition
2013
Type
Concerto
Number of players
39
Instrumentation
perc. solo (1 esec. [anche reciter]: timp.b., marimba, camp., cmpc., trg., 8 ptti.,· 3 gong, 2 tam-tam, tmb.picc., tmb.mlt., 4 tom-tom, 5-6 temple bl. [Mokugyo or salad bowl], hi-hat, 2 wood bl., 2 lion´s roar, 4 opt. instr.: tom-tom, tam-tam, opera gong, ptti.) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), ob. (anche c.ing.), cl. in A, cl.b. in B, fg. - 2 cor., tr. in B, trb. - perc. (2 esec: campli., crot., vibr., 5 gong, 5 cmpc., trg., 3 ptti., ptto.ch., tam-tam, burma bell, ring tambourine, sleigh-bells, 4 bongo, gr.c., 2 vibraslap, 2 Korean stone plate, 2 pebble) - arpa, pf./cel. - strings: 6 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 6 vla., 4 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
I. Tanzlied / Dance Song
text: Táncdal (poem by Sándor Weöres)

II. Nonsens Songs
text: Arany kés forog - extract / Barbár dal - extract (poems by Sándor Weöres)

III. (Passacaglia) (Intrada-Saltarello-Bourrée-Passepied-Gigue-Allemande-Finale)
text: POLYRHYTMIA (poem by Jayadeva transcribed in Hungarian phonetic pronunciation by Sándor Weöres)
Text
WEÖRES, Sándor; Jayadeva
Commissioned by
Foundation Prince Pierre de Monaco
Premiere information
29 September 2013, Auditorium Rainier III (MC), Monte Carlo; Daniel Ciampolini (perc.), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Andrey Boreyko (cond.)

31 October 2019, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Martin Grubinger (perc.), Hungarian National Philharmonic, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG Mainz © 2013, 55443 (Full score)

Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG Mainz © 2019, BAT 56 (Solo part)
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording, 2016 - Martin Grubinger (perc.), hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Vasily Petrenko (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Alpha Classics CD Alpha 208, 2016 - Martin Grubinger (perc.), Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Dance Song
2 II. Nonsens Songs
3 III. Passacaglia
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2012 - 2013

Based on texts by Sándor Weöres and Jayadeva