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

HaDavar / The Word (Version 2)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
HaDavar / A szó (2. változat)
Foreign language / English title
HaDavar / The Word (Version 2)
Subtitle
For countertenor, piano, resonant gongs and electronics
Year of composition
2011

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
Ct. - pf. - perc. (2 gong) - electronics
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
biblical
Language
Hebrew
Commissioned by
Harvard University
Premiere information
2 April 2011, Fromm Concerts, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; Kai Wessel (Ca.), Sven Thomas Kiebler (pf.), Kirk McNelly (el.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Gravis eg 2040LM (on rental)
Availabe here!
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2010 - 2011

Text based on the Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 34:8-12

Electronics realized by Reinhold Braig, Kirk MacNally and Dániel Péter Biró at the Experimental Studio and the University of Victoria