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Cantata di Narciso

Composer
Tornyai Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Cantata di Narciso
Foreign language / English title
Cantata di Narciso
Subtitle
for 2 Speakers and 5 Musicians
Dedication
for TDZSJ
Year of composition
2014
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
7
Instrumentation
2 narrator, fl. (anche fl.a., picc., harmonica in Bb), fg. (anche harmonica in D), vla. (anche harmonica in F), cb. (anche harmonica in A), pf. (anche harmonica in E)
Duration
19 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
OVIDIUS
Language
English
Premiere information
4 July 2014, Closing Concert of "Ovidius Project", Georg Solti Chamber Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Nicola Bace, Luka Bulovic (narrator), Mária Kerner (fl.), Bálint Fábry (fg.), Dénes Ludmány (vla.), Csongor Jobbágy (cb.), Carlos E. Lopez (pf.), Borna Baletic (dir.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Live video-recording of the premiere (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on "Metamorphoses" by Publius Ovidius Naso

English translation by D. Reaburn