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

Earth Voices


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Earth Voices
Foreign language / English title
Earth Voices
Subtitle
For Solo tuba, 4 euphoniums, 4 tubas and narrator
Dedication
To Roger Bobo and the STUBA Ensemble
Year of composition
2000

Type
Concerto
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
tuba solo - 4 euph., 4 tuba - narrator
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Daybreak
2. Desertion
3. Desolation
4. Epilouge

Text
KÖVESDI, Levente
Language
Hungarian / English
Commissioned by
Roger Bobo
Publisher / Source
Editions Bim © 2001, TU85
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Recordings
Bocchino Music 2007, BOCC108 "Euphonium Magic, Vol. 3" - Steven Mead (multitrack euph., narrator)
Afinaudio Records, Veneno CD "How Low Can You Go?" - Roland Szentpáli (tuba), Roger Bobo (narrator), The Portuguese Tuba Ensemble, Sérgio Carolino (cond.)
Live recording 2009: Roland Szentpáli (tuba), George Solti Brass Ensemble: Balázs Tóth, Imre Hegedűs, Gábor Szőnyi, Péter Tóth (tr.), Bálint Tóth (cor.), Róbert Stürzenbaum, György Gyivicsán, István Juhász, Ákos Frolov (trb.), Sándor Balogh (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Earth Voices
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Levente Kövesdi